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Full-time, Tipperary 2-17 Waterford 0-16
We are rapidly closing in on the start of the Munster final so let’s get straight to it and here are the teams. Tipperary first as they look to defend their crown and lay down a marker for the more-open-than-usual championship.
B Cummins; C O’Brien, P Curran, M Cahill ; T Stapleton, C O’Mahony, P Maher; B Maher, S McGrath; P Bourke, P Maher, L Corbett; B O’Meara, J O’Brien, N McGrath
As for Waterford as they look to win their 10th ever Munster crown, this is how they are set to start…
S O’Keeffe; N Connors, L Lawlor, S Daniels; T Browne, M Walsh, K Moran; S Molumphy, Phil Mahony; Pauric Mahony, S Prendergast, M Shanahan; J Mullane, S Walsh, G O’Brien
Teams are now parading around a humid Páirc Uí Chaoimh and there was rain so it’s bound to be slippy. Tipperary are favourites but that full-back line is a concern. Is there another famous performance from Waterford? We’ll find out in moments.
3 minutes, Tipperary 0-0 Waterford 0-2: Frantic start as you’d expect. Waterford half-back line win the first couple of balls and it’s the basis for the opening score as Shane Walsh swings over from the left-hand side. Tipp going with two-man full-forward line with Noel McGrath and John O’Brien. As we say that, John Mullane gets out in front and doubles the lead. Michael Cahill picking him up.
6 minutes, Tipperary 0-0 Waterford 0-3: John Mullane and Conor O’Brien get up close and personal as the game tries to find a pattern. Waterford not making it easy though, their defence is putting huge pressure on, they’ve seen three Tipp shots go wide and there’s been a couple of blocks too. No such problem for Waterford though as Pauric Mahony sends one over from the middle of the field.
9 minutes, Tipperary 0-1 Waterford 0-4: Brian O’Meara, who is dropping deep, and Maurice Shanahan, from a free, trade scores but Tipperary lacking accuracy thus far as Thomas Stapleton fires wide.
11 minutes, Tipperary 1-1 Waterford 0-5: We were just talking about how Tony Browne has started well but there Patrick Maher gets through the half-back line, feeds John O’Brien and he goals from a tight angle. Shane Walsh hits back straight away with nice point, he’s started well too and is finding space.
13 minutes, Tipperary 1-2 Waterford 0-6: John O’Brien levels it up again, showed his power to win ball, turns and fires over. Tipp getting plenty of ball but their passing and shot selection not great so far. Waterford much more economical and that’s brilliant from John Mullane, great touch, great pace, great finish.
16 minutes, Tipperary 1-5 Waterford 0-6: Padraic Maher and Noel McGrath find space in centrefield, great accuracy from both for a couple of points. If Waterford are plenty tight across the half-back line there’s too much space in front and behind them. John O’Brien makes it three in that short spell. You’d think Waterford’s two-man full-back line could do with someone dropping in front of them.
21 minutes, Tipperary 1-6 Waterford 0-6: Declan Ryan’s side slowly turning the screw here you feel. John Mullane has started well, Shane Walsh too, but Tipp getting plenty of ball and are looking more and more dangerous going forward. Thomas Stapleton and Padraic Maher are both winning ball and getting forward from wing-back and that’s putting huge pressure on the Waterford defence. Indeed Maher with a huge free there as the lead lengthens although it could have been worse as John O’Brien has a shot well saved.
24 minutes, Tipperary 1-7 Waterford 0-7: Mullane keeping Waterford close as he makes it three points from three shots. He’s really up for this – should we be surprised – but he’s not getting enough ball and we wonder how long before another Tipperary goal as they pull the Waterford defence out with some long-range ball-winning and shooting. Shane McGrath gets his first as the gap is a goal again and there was nearly that goal there as Lar Corbett goes close.
25 minutes, Tipperary 1-7 Waterford 0-8: That would have been some effort by Maurice Shanahan, beat three men with speed and stickwork and only Brendan Cummins stops him. Consolation is a 65 which he sends over himself once he catches his breath. We are trying to catch ours too. Smoke coming from the keyboard here.
32 minutes, Tipperary 1-8 Waterford 0-9: Maurice Shanahan gets his third and after Tipp threatened to take over, suddenly there’s just a point in it. Wait, two, Pa Bourke hits back with a free.
34 minutes, Tipperary 1-7 Waterford 0-9: Shane Walsh trips over himself but gets a free and Maurice Shanahan again narrows the gap to the minimum. Eoin Kelly on for Tipp, Pa Bourke gone off before the break.
Half-time, Tipperary 1-7 Waterford 0-10: Kelly wins neither of the first couple of balls and Mullane, gone to full-forward, is hooked as he attempts to shoot. Intensity gone up last couple of minutes with plenty of off the ball shouldering. But with the last shot of the half, Maurice Shanahan levels it up. Waterford wi’ll be delighted with that having come back into it in the last 15. Great first half. All to play for.
38 minutes, Tipperary 1-9 Waterford 0-11: Lar Corbett wandering everywhere in first half, he’s now gone over to Tony Browne, but the first action of the second half is at the other end as the pass from John Mullane is superb as is Stephen Molumphy’s finish under pressure. That’s their first lead since the 13th minute but it doesn’t last long as Brian O’Meara clips over from the sideline after going through, rather than around, Kevin Moran.
40 minutes, Tipperary 1-9 Waterford 0-13: John Mullane wins a free and goes bananas. Maurice Shanahan sends over that free from 50. He’s been very good from deadballs after all the questions about who would take up that duty for Waterford in the lead up.
45 minutes, Tipperary 1-11Waterford 0-13: Noel McGrath and John O’Brien in a heartbeat swing the pendulum back the other way. But for every reaction… Maurice Shanahan is fouled after some serious hard work but misses the free. Eoin Kelly on for Gavin O’Brien on the Waterford side. And Paul O’Brien comes on for Pauric Mahony.
48 minutes, Tipperary 1-12 Waterford 0-14: You get the sense Tipperary have the greater scoring power and could pull away with a couple of bursts. Michael Cahill extends the lead but Waterford keep clinging to coattails and have yet to be shaken free. Shanahan from where he missed a free from moments ago does get this one. Important score.
52 minutes, Tipperary 1-13 Waterford 0-14: Paul O’Brien pulls on the ground but is denied by Brendan Cummins. This is end to end. Now Padraic Maher wins a free and Eoin Kelly points as Shane Bourke comes on for Brian O’Meara,
54 minutes, Tipperary 2-13 Waterford 0-14: Huge moment. Shane Bourke is just on and a long free in is batted down in his direction by John O’Brien – he has been immense. Bourke pulls on the ground and sends it to the net. Waterford, physically, were struggling to hang on. Have they got it in them to come back?
57 minutes, Tipperary 2-13 Waterford 0-14: Shanahan’s frees have been decent for the most part but that’s the wrong time to miss from in front of the posts. Tony Browne sends the next chance wide, they could have done with those two points.
60 minutes, Tipperary 2-14 Waterford 0-14: Eoin Kelly has a goal chance saved by Brendan Cummins, Shane Walsh is blocked at close range and at the end of that Waterford pressure Noel McGrath picks off another point. The embers are dying here by the minute as Seamus Prendergast fluffs Waterford’s eighth wide.
62 minutes, Tipperary 2-14 Waterford 0-15: Maurice Shanahan’s dip in form from frees see Eoin Kelly take over that duty king and he nails it. They’ve taken their first steps up the mountain that’s in front of them. Jamie Nagle on for Tony Browne who gets a serious roar.
65 minutes, Tipperary 2-15 Waterford 0-16: Eoin Kelly adds to Tipp’s lead, decided to go high with a 21-yard free. The air has been sucked out of this game. There’s only going to be one winner, even as Shanahan gets one back from play.
68 minutes, Tipperary 2-15 Waterford 0-16: Eoin Kelly has a short-range free stopped by Brendan Cummins, the angle wasn’t great, neither was the connection. He misses the subsequent 65 too.
69 minutes, Tipperary 2-17 Waterford 0-16: Jamie Nagle drops one short at one end, Eoin Kelly shows him how it’s done at the other end. And now Shane Bourke. Salt in the wound. Bourke has looked really good since he’s come on. Gets in some great positions.
Full-time, Tipperary 2-17 Waterford 0-16: Waterford enter the draw for the quarter-finals tomorrow, Tipp retain their title and go to the semi-finals. They had too much physical power and endurance and while Waterford were game for as long as their bodies allowed them, they just couldn’t keep up and that Shane Bourke goal was the knockout punch.
give the malvinas back then, you vile British colonialist thug.
The Falklands were never argentinian, just so you know.
The Argentine claim to The Falklands is weaker than that of Spain or France. Read some history and don’t just fall for the anti British line that comes from the usual suspects. Great riposte from the Falklanders at http://po.st/EwTMc9
Proof that some people should be prevented from breeding to stop the spread of breathtaking ignorance and general mouth breathing.
@Paul @Sean @Roy
A little Falklands history lesson….
First known sighting of the islands – 1600, Dutch.
First known to have set foot on the islands – 1690, British
(native patagonians were relatively primitive hunters and farmers, believed to engage in coastal seal hunts but with no evidence of true seafaring capability – extremely unlikely that they would have been capable of crossing 265 miles of some of the wildest oceans on the planet).
First known settlements – 1764, French, East Falkland. 1765-66, British, West Falkland. Each settlement ignorant of the presence of the other.
First involvement of the Spanish – 1767, when they took control of the French settlement.
First act of aggression – 1770, when the Spanish attacked the British colony and temporarily drove them from the islands.
By 1811 all settlers had withdrawn, leaving the islands uninhabited once again. Each settlement leaves its respective claim to the islands.
1816 – Argentine Republic founded.
1820 – Argentina claim the islands for themselves.
1828-31 – settlement established by Louis Vernet, a German merchant, after seeking permission from British and Argentine authorities. Settlement destroyed by the US.
1832 – Argentina attempt to create a penal colony but subsequently agree to leave after being requested to do so by the British.
1833 – Settlement established by the British. In continuous settlement to the present day, despite ten week Argentine invasion in 1982.
It is clear that Argentina have no legitimate claim based on first settlement or first discovery. The only basis of their claim must therefore be on geographic proximity. Applying that logic closer to home, it follows that France would have a legitimate claim to the islands of Ireland and Britain (see how ridiculous this is beginning to sound…..)
The islanders have a right to self-determination and they wish to remain British. Following the 1982 Argentine invasion I can’t see that changing anytime soon.
mattoid and the rest,
trying to make these racists understand an intelligent point is a waste of effort.
Well researched and written. I’m a bit wiser after reading your post.
If the Argentinians made the first verified claim to the islands as you say. does that not legitimise their present-day claim?
The history of it now is largely irrelevant at this stage. Many of the people there have been there for the best part of 200 years, there was no indigenous population. They have right to self determination and wish to remain British. There ends the argument.
@john
I never said that Argentina made the first verified claim – sorry if thats how you interpreted it.
I merely stated the year that Argentina first expressed an interest in the islands, which was long after they had already been settled by both British and French (which also happens to be long before Argentina even existed!)
When settlers left by 1811, each settlement continued to maintain its claim to the islands (as opposed to abandoning their claim) – apologies if this is where my original wording led to confusion.
The argies lost and now they are just acting like kids
Shows how ignorant you are James if you think others backward for remembering their history. In fact it is you who go back further into our history bringing up Diarmait Mac Murchada of 1126 but any one who brings up Irish history since then like the arrival of Cromwell 1649, the Act of Settlement 1656, the battle of the boyne in 1690 are all backward…. Ha you are indeed a joker
Living in Argentina at the moment and the family I’m staying with were a bit shocked when this came on. Seemed split on the whole issue.
You’s can drop the anti-British crap. The people of the Island are British, they all want to be under British rule and the Argentinians have no claim at all, they have never owned them
And should never own them. And before we get into comparisons with Ireland, the people of ireland are Irish and wanted to rule themselves, the Falklands are inhabited by British people and want to be ruled from Britain. AND northern Ireland is a totally different situation before that starts.
actually, I think they consider themselves to be Falklanders and not specifically British. One thing is certain – they are not Argentinian nor have they ever been. Argentinias claim can only be considered a land grab.
How exactly is the north different?
The Malvinas ,Gibraltar , northern Ireland,etc etc…..
Just hand them back lizzie
grow up Roy. You’re just confirming the widely held belief that all republicans are thick.
Pseudo-Jean, your words would carry far more weight if weren’t blindingly obvious that you’re on some sort of crusade yourself. And frankly it’s insensitive and childish of you to apply that woman’s name to your account, not to mention hypocritical and extremely disrespectful.
An Argentinian running away on the falklands. Nothing new there then.
Next up … We’ll have Darren O’Sullivan the Kerry footballer handing back Sam McGuire cause he’s a Cockney
Sam MAGUIRE was born in cork.
All in capital letters I’m sure … Tit
Just showing you how to spell. TIT.
James I hope that’s not a tricolor behind you…….. A country thousands of miles away from an island claiming to own it, where have I heard that before?
And a country hundreds of miles away who never posessed them claiming to own them makes sense to you then?
It is a tricolor but I also happen to know the history of the Falklands, it all goes back to the treaty of utrecht, and by the way I’m not backwards enough to still go on about what the British did hundreds of years ago, sure we invited them over to help us win a war, and king diarmuid awarded the English lords land in return
Irony is that the parent company of the ad-agency who produced it is actually British!
Its really not about who owns the Malvinas/Falklands its about the Oil and Mineral wealth that is in its 200 mile? limit.
The British and the Argentinians already work together on the south sandwich Islands and other Islands in that area.
Las Malvinas are Argentinian, the islanders that live there are a planted population that should be given every assistance to return to the country that they have most allegiance to. As Tommy Byrne of the Wolfe Tones would sing “the Irish still support you Argentina”.
And if they did move the population back to Britain and the Argentinians moved it, would they be any less of a planted population? Especially considering the Argentinians have never had a population on the islands at Amy point in their history.
Geographical distance is no basis for a claim to any territory, and as others have said above, it would seem that proximity is the only card that Argentina can play. They have no right to those islands and this ad is absolutely pathetic.
@Chris J
Read the rest of the thread. The only native population there are seals and seagulls.
Idiot… really please… Malvines my ass.
@Chris Jordan – I suspect that the irony of your post is totally lost on you.
Argentina for the native patagonians alone!
@ jean mcConville
Get a life!!
Racists?????
Ps nice hair style
racism= the prejudice of judging people on their ethnicity or nationality without, or in spite of,evidence.
hairstyle? its not a photo of me!!
Ahhh the joys of wikipedia !!!!!!!!
yes curse those people who are informed and the facts that prove you wrong. I don’t see why you’re sneering at someone doing something you could have easily done for yourself
Which part of it do you think is incorrect Roy?
That’s a pic of u alright !! Ya bigot !!!
you can talk humpty
Agh the joys of Wikipedia !!!