Results
Munster minor hurling championship
- Limerick 2-20 Clare 0-22
- Cork 3-19 Waterford 0-15
Leinster U20 football championship
- Group 1: Laois 2-12 Longford 2-9.
- Group 1: Meath 2-11 Carlow 0-4.
- Group 2: Offaly 1-10 Wicklow 2-8
- Group 2: Dublin 2-16 Louth 0-7.
- Group 3: Wexford 0-8 Kildare 0-16; Westmeath a bye.
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CORK GOT THEIR Munster minor hurling campaign off to a winning start tonight as they defeated Waterford by 13 points, while Limerick claimed a second successive win as they saw off Clare.
Last week’s opening round-robin games saw Clare and Limerick defeat Tipperary and Waterford respectively, but in tonight’s clash at the Gaelic Grounds it finished 2-20 to 0-22 in Limerick’s favour.
Darren Collopy hit 0-1o for Limerick, while Hugh Flanagan weighed in with 0-5. The goals were invaluable, Seán Duff and Robert O’Farrell notching in either half.
Cork played their opening game of the campaign and ran out 3-19 to 0-15 victors at Páirc Uí Chaoimh against the Deise. They were in front 2-11 to 0-10 at the break and pulled clear in the second half.
Inside attackers Barry Walsh and Barry O’Flynn spearheaded the scoring charge for Cork, Walsh striking 2-5 and O’Flynn chipping in with 1-7. Colm Hartley pointed the way for Waterford with 0-11.
In the Leinster U20 football championship, there were victories tonight for Laois and Meath in Group 1, Wicklow and Dublin in Group 2, and Kildare in Group 3.
Laois defeated Longford 2-12 to 0-9 in Portlaoise, while Meath overcame Carlow by 2-11 to 0-4 in Ashbourne. After both Laois and Meath won their opening games last week, tonight’s results mean both are now assured of quarter-final spots before next week’s final round of games.
Dublin took down Louth by 2-16 to 0-7 in Parnell Park, while Wicklow came away from the Faithful Fields with a priceless one-point success, 2-8 to 1-10, against Offaly. Dublin’s win confirms their place in the quarter-finals.
And Kildare got a boost after last week’s opening round loss to Westmeath as they had eight point to spare over Wexford, 0-16 to 0-8 the result at Chadwicks Wexford Park. Westmeath had a bye in then only three-team group in the Leinster U20 football championship.
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Clare and Tipp will be Some Battle in Ennis.
Waterford Limerick kk and a cracker between Clare and tipp.
Dublin hurlers haven’t been beaten in Parnell Park since March 2011. I think (and hope) they’ll take Limerick on the day.
We do have a good record there but it’s not like we play 20 home games a season in Parnell park. How many matches since 2011?
I don’t know Seán, i didn’t count. I just know we’re unbeaten there in 5 years.
Does any team play 20 home games a season in their home ground?
No but statistics can be misleading, is all I’m saying. 5 years unbeaten sounds great but a lot of our handful of home games have been played in Croke park.
Teams in sports with proper competition structures do, but that’s another conversation entirely
Fair point, I’d still fancy our chances against Limerick.
Fancy them a lot more in parnell park then in the gaelic grounds for sure!
Since 2009, they’ve played 16, won 12, drawn 3 and lost 1 at Parnell Park.
Brain dead GAA scheduling Limerick Dublin an hour after Munster Leinster kick off in the Aviva stadium. Is it wrong for fans to support two sports. Rugby has been scheduled for months now.
What are Munster and Leinster playing in exactly. I thought they were out of everything? Dead rubber match?
Up the cats
Is there something wrong with you or something, I mean in every article you type the same thing. Did you drool on the keyboard or something and only a few keys are working or what’s the craic or maybe its even crack..
Dub tipp kk n waterford
You would think they could do something , same on Sunday , clare footballers who are actually going well this year travel to newbridge to play kildare in what is potentially a winner gets promoted game followed an hour and a half later by clare tipp in ennis, the gaa amaze me sometimes
Dublin football by a distance the closest to it
I think maybe instead of tossing a coin for home venues when two teams that played the same amount of home league games that instead the 1B team gets automatic home advantage.correct me if I’m wrong but I think it’s the 2nd year in a row Dublin have got home advantage against limerick through a coin toss which seems unfair and offaly are on a hiding to nothing going to nowlan park,realistically Kilkenny would probably beat offaly comfortably no matter what the venue is Fancy kk and Waterford for comfortable wins (regrettably as a wexford supporter),hard to back against the dubs with their Parnell park record and I could see Clare and tipp going to extra time
We’ve only had two home games in the league. We’ve had to travel to nowlan park the last two years.
I think maybe instead of tossing a coin for home venues when tea
Tipp at home not Clare
Not according to the GAA’s Official Twitter: ‘CONFIRMED: Clare will host Tipperary in the #AllianzLeagues Hurling Division 1 Q-Finals (venue/date TBC by CCCC)’.
That link also says the final is on May 5th…..
I read this morning that it was on in Ennis. I guess we can t believe everything on the net!!
What link? There’s no link in the tweet I posted.
Here’s a link for you: https://twitter.com/officialgaa/status/711861952109277184