Mayo 3-10 Tipperary 1-8 Last year's beaten All-Ireland finalists Mayo proved much too strong for Tipperary in yesterday's ESB All-Ireland MFC quarter-final at O'Connor Park, Tullamore. First half goals from Alex Corduff and Darren Coen, and another from Cillian O'Connor midway through the second half, paved the way for a comfortable victory for the Westerners, who will now face either Dublin or Down for a place in the All-Ireland final. Ray Dempsey's side led by 2-4 to 1-2 at half-time with their goals coming in the 11th and 20th minutes. The goals from Corduff and Coen had helped them to a 2-2 to 0-1 lead before Eddie Kendrick's 23rd minute goal handed Tipperary a lifeline. The winners extended their advantage on the restart thanks to scores from Jack McDonnell and Cillian O'Connor. Johnny McMahon clawed back a couple of points from frees for David Power's Tipp side before Cillian O'Connor put the result beyond doubt with Mayo's third major 13 minutes from the end. Mayo - M Slingermann; M Walsh, K Rogers, D Gavin; M McCormack, S McDermott, C Charlton (0-2); D Kirby, A Walsh (0-1); D Coen (1-0), A Farrell (0-2), F Durkan; J McDonnell (0-1), C O'Connor (1-1), A Corduff (1-1). Subs: D Herbert (0-1) for Coen (40), J Donoghue for McDonnell (50), K Crowe for McCormack, B Walsh (0-1) for Durkin (58), J Carney for A Walsh. Tipperary - A Wall; P Dalton, J Ryan, G Quinn; L Murphy, G, Mulhair, D O'Dwyer; A Matassa, E Hendrick (1-0); T Hill, B Hewitt (0-4, 4f), R McGrath; R Peters, J McMahon (0-4, 4f), S Fagan. Subs - L Treacy for Fagan (24), S O'Meara for Peters (44), M Ivors for Hill (45), S Powers for Peters (46), E Kent for Matassa (53). Tweet

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