Cork 2-31
Tipperary 4-22

An awesome tally of 1-14 from Brian Hartnett helped Cork to see off Tipperary after extra-time last night at Pairc Ui Chaoimh and book their place in the semi-finals of the ESB Munster Hurling Championship.

In an epic game, the teams were even after 60 minutes at 2-21 to 3-18, but it was six points from the superb Hartnett in the second-half of extra-time which proved the difference for the Rebels here at the expense of a brave Tipp outfit.

The hosts had made the better start to the game by going 0-5 to 0-2 up after 11 minutes, but a goal from Aidan McCormack brought Tipp right back into the game and at half-time they only trailed by 0-11 to 1-6.

Both teams lifted their performance after the interval, with Jamie Coughlan smashing in a penalty two minutes in, but two points from Liam McGrath and McCormack's second major saw the teams drawn level soon after.

Cork came back at their opponents and pulled off a sweet move which saw Shane O'Keefe offloading to Coughlan, who crossed to Hartnett and lethal corner-forward dived to flick the ball into the net. That helped the Leesiders surge four in front approaching the closing stages, but a resilient Tipp side wouldn't give in and a third goal from McCormack along with a pointed free from McGrath looked to have them on their way.

However, a brilliant last-gasp point from Cork substitute Jamie Wall forced extra-time, where a fourth goal couldn't even win it for Tipp, as Hartnett's spree proved the difference in the end.

Cork - G Minhane; D Lester, F O'Mahony, D Stokes; C Joyce, D O'Carroll, T McGuinness; N Kelly (0-1), D Sweetnam (0-2); S O'Keeffe (0-2), S Moore (0-3), C Lehane (0-6); J Coughlan (1-0), M Howard (0-1), B Hartnett (1-14). Subs - K Buckley for McGuinness, R O'Shea for Howard, J Wall (0-2) for O'Moore, C Spillane for Stokes.

Tipperary - D Reddan; C Barrett, A Ryan, P Dunne; S Kennedy, B Stapleton (0-1), J Meagher; D Flynn, J Forde; D McCormack (0-1), N OMeara (0-3), T Heffernan; L McGrath (0-10), A McCormack (3-0), C Horan (1-2). Subs - J Cahill for Kennedy, D Butler (0-1) for Heffernan, M O'Brien (0-4) for Forde, J O'Dwyer for Dunne.

Ref - M O'Connor (Limerick) Tweet

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