Tipperary 2-13
Waterford 0-16
TIPPERARY HAVE BEATEN Waterford by three points in this evening’s Allianz NHL Division 1A opener at a chilly Semple Stadium.
Tipperary put a disappointing first half performance behind them to get their campaign off to winning start in front of 4,786 spectators in Thurles.
Seamus Callanan scored 1-4 in the second half and goalkeeper Darren Gleeson capped the win with a bizarre goal in the 70th minute.
At half-time, Tipperary were in trouble as they trailed by 0-5 to 0-8 against a hungry Waterford side playing with the aid of the breeze.
But the hosts were much better in the second half as Callanan opened up with his scoring blitz within the space of 14 minutes.
Callanan’s well-taken goal in the 47th minute, created by Noel McGrath’s brilliant pass, tied the scores at 1-7 to 0-10.
And it was Callanan who put Tipperary ahead for the first time in the game nine minutes later from a free.
Tipperary withstood a tense finish to claim the spoils but Waterford will rue a finishing tally of 13 wides.
By half-time, they had racked up eight wides with Pauric Mahony, who top-scored for the Déise with 0-10, guilty of five of those.
Waterford’s misery was complete in the final minute when Gleeson’s long-range free drifted all the way into the net.
Scorers for Tipperary: Seamus Callanan 1-4 (0-2f), John O’Dwyer 0-4f, Darren Gleeson 1-0f, Noel McGrath 0-2, James Woodlock, Kieran Bergin & Denis Maher 0-1 each
Scorers for Waterford: Pauric Mahony 0-10 (9f), Philip Mahony 0-2, Kevin Moran, Jake Dillon, Maurice Shanahan & Brian O’Sullivan 0-1 each
TIPPERARY: Darren Gleeson (Portroe); Cathal Barrett (Holycross-Ballycahill), Conor O’Mahony (Newport), Michael Cahill (Thurles Sarsfields); Shane McGrath (Ballinahinch), Padraic Maher (Thurles Sarsfields), Conor O’Brien (Éire Óg Annacarty); Brendan Maher (Borrisoleigh), James Woodlock (Drom & Inch); Seamus Callanan (Drom & Inch), Noel McGrath (Loughmore-Castleiney), Kieran Bergin (Killenaule); Jason Forde (Silvermines), Paddy Murphy (Nenagh Éire Óg), John O’Dwyer (Killenaule)
Subs: Liam McGrath (Loughmore-Castleiney) for Forde (43), Denis Maher (Thurles Sarsfields) for O’Dwyer (49), Shane Bourke (JK Brackens) for Murphy (56), Ronan Maher (Thurles Sarsfields) for Woodlock (59)
WATERFORD: Stephen O’Keeffe (Ballygunner); Barry Coughlan (Ballygunner), Shane Fives (Carrigtwohill), Noel Connors (Passage); Jamie Nagle (Dungarvan), Michael Walsh (Stradbally), Philip Mahony (Ballygunner); Kevin Moran (De La Salle), Shane O’Sullivan (Ballygunner); Jamie Barron (Fourmilewater), Pauric Mahony (Ballygunner), Jake Dillon (De La Salle); Maurice Shanahan (Lismore), Shane Walsh (Fourmilewater), Brian O’Sullivan (Ballygunner)
Subs: Stephen Molumphy (Ballyduff Upper) for S Walsh (48), Seamus Prendergast (Ardmore) for Dillon (58), Eddie Barrett (De La Salle) for Shanahan (67), Stephen Roche (Mount Sion) for S O’Sullivan (70)
Referee: Colm Lyons (Cork)
Unbelievable result….. fair play to her
@Tony O Connor: Time waits for no one.Sadly some great champions refuse to acknowledge the obvious.
@Tony O Connor: the women’s game is in rag order, Venus is 39 and ranked 44 in the world. Not surprising at all a prodigy dumped her out.
@Billy McNamara: It also happens to team managers too, many do not know when it is time to go. ” You’re only as good as your last game” .
@Tony O Connor: but at why price? Look at the girls shoulders, she has the look of an Olympic powerlifter, and only 15. What kind of a life has she had? I guess trained since birth by her parents. She will be burnt out by 20 like so many before her. Although, I hope I’m wrong.
Hopefully Venus reacted with a tad more dignity and respect than Serena did when Naomi Osaka outplayed her
Ooof. That’s game over for Venus.
Did Jennifer Capriati not qualify for Wimbledon when she was only 14?
@winston smith: She didn’t have to go thru the qualifiers, Caoriati already had high enough ranking to get in automatically
@winston smith: youngest player since 1991
Do they not walk off together anymore at Wimbledon?
@Sheila Teehan: Its very rarely done now-deference is given to the winner to walk off last to get the applause.
Great result for Cori but if she knocks out more high profile players then she will be a future Grand Slam Champion
@Just Some Guy: yeah I think if she wins all her matches over the next two weeks she will win the championship.
@sup: That’s well researched.
@Patrick J. Keating:
Venus was always renowned for close shaves but I think there may be some minor irritation at that result.
The fact that Venus had won 4 grand slams before this girl was born says it all. No one can stay on top forever. Venus Williams will remain one of the best female tennis players but, sadly, the mantle always gets passed on.
Great news!
Teenage kicks!