Clare 0-17
Tipperary 1-13

Tony Kelly's last-gasp point handed Clare a dramatic victory over Tipperary in last night's Munster MHC quarter-final at Cusack Park, Ennis.

Reduced to 14 men for the final 10 minutes after wing back Enda Boyce was sent off on a second yellow card, the Banner had to withstand a late Tipp onslaught before snatching the win which earns them a semi-final date with Limerick on June 24.

Full forward Niall Arthur was once again Clare's scorer-in-chief, finishing with a personal haul of 0-7, 0-4 from frees. Four of those points came in the first half as Clare took a slender 0-7 to 0-6 lead into the interval.

Tipperary edged in front through Aidan McCormack seven minutes after the restart, but over the next 15 minutes, Clare began to dominate and had surged into a 0-16 to 0-11 lead by the 54th minute thanks to scores from Podge Collins and Arthur.

However, following Boyce's dismissal, Tipp came roaring back and a brilliant Liam McGrath goal levelled the match in the 59th minute. But a snap point from Kelly helped Clare progress to the last four.

Clare - R Taaffe; P Flanagan, N Purcell, S Morey; E Boyce (0-1), K Lynch, S O'Halloran; T Kelly (0-2), C Galvin; A Cunningham, P Collins (0-4), J Shanahan (0-1); C O'Connell, N Arthur (0-7, 4f), D O'Halloran (0-2). Subs - H Vaughan for Purcell, A Mulready for O'Connell.

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

Ref - D O'Driscoll (Limerick) Tweet

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