Cork continued their good form and Limerick bounced back on a high-scoring night in round 3 of the Munster SHL.

Waterford got off to a flying start against the Leesiders in Mallow and led by 1-6 to 0-2 after fifteen minutes thanks to an Eamonn Murphy goal. Patrick Horgan inspired a Cork rally with a flurry of points as the Rebels levelled the game before Na Deise took a narrow 1-10 to 0-12 interval lead.

The Rebels kept up that pace and ran out 0-25 to 1-19 winners, with late points from substitutes Darragh Fitzgibbon, Shane Kingston and Alan Cadogan confirming their third successive victory. Patrick Horgan contributed thirteen points for the winners in a dramatic contest that saw the lead change hands seven times in the second half.

In the night's other game, Limerick recovered from their weekend mauling by Cork to record a thrilling victory over Clare at Sixmilebridge. Goals in either half from Graeme Mulcahy and Barry Nash helped the Treaty prevail by 2-15 to 0-19. With John Conlon prominent, Clare played some fine hurling before the break but Mulcahy's major just before the interval cut their lead to one, 0-12 to 1-8.

With 15 minutes left to play, the Banner had re-established a three-point lead (0-17 to 1-11) but Nash's goal in the 63rd minute was a massive score for John Kiely's side, with Diarmaid Byrnes and Cian Lynch hitting terrific late clinching points in front of 1,719 spectators.

Cork - A Nash; J Sheehan, C Spillane, S O'Donoghue; C O'Leary, L McLoughlin, C Joyce; C Murphy, D Kearney (0-5); D Brosnan (0-1), L Meade (0-1), M O'Halloran; M Cahalane, P Horgan (0-13, 9f), R O'Flynn (0-2). Subs: D Fitzgibbon (0-1) for M O'Halloran, C Lehane for M Cahalane, M Coleman for C Murphy, S Kingston (0-1) for R O'Flynn, A Cadogan (0-1) for D Brosnan.

Waterford - I O'Keeffe; I Kenny, S Roche, C Chester; D Lyons, S Keating, C Lyons; M Kearney, E Madigan; B O'Keeffe (0-1), Stephen Bennett (0-5), E Murphy (1-1); C Roche (0-1), T Devine (0-1), Shane Bennett (0-9, 8f). Subs: M O'Brien for E Madigan, C Gleeson for C Chester, B Nolan (0-1) for M Kearney, A Molumby for Shane Bennett, J Lyons for E Murphy.

Referee - F Horgan.

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Limerick - N Quaid; S Cahill, R McCarthy, M Casey; D Byrnes (0-5, 3f), D Hannon, G O'Mahoney; J Fitzgibbon (0-2), J Ryan; G Hegarty (0-1), C Lynch (0-2), A La Touch Cosgrave; G Mulcahy (1-0), B Nash (1-0), S Tobin (0-3f). Subs: K Hayes for G Hegarty, T Morrissey (0-1) for A La Touche Cosgrave, D Dempsey for S Tobin, P Browne (0-1) for J Ryan, S Hickey for J Fitzgibbon.

Clare - D Tuohy; S McNamara, C Dillon, S Morey; D Fitzgerald (0-1), C Galvin, J Shanahan; D Reidy (0-4f), S Golden (0-2); J Conlon (0-4), C Malone (0-1), P Duggan; C O'Connell (0-1), A Shanagher, A Cunningham (0-4). Subs: J McCarthy (0-1) for A Shanagher, B O'Gorman (0-1) for D Fitzgerald, K Hehir for D Reidy, B Duggan for P Duggan.

Referee - C McAllister.

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