Eoin Kelly put his recent hamstring problems behind him when he blasted 2-6 as Tipperary trounced Dublin by 25 points in a senior hurling challenge at Nenagh last night.

Tipperary 5-25
Dublin 0-15

The victory was revenge of sorts for Tipp, who suffered a surprise loss to Anthony Daly's side in the recent NHL campaign. Current Young Hurler of the Year Noel McGrath also hit a brace of goals, while newcomer Brian O'Meara helped himself to 1-2.

With Kelly to the fore, Tipp were already out of sight at half-time when they led by 3-15 to 0-8. Things got worse for the visitors after the restart when McGrath booted home a fourth goal.
Seamus Callanan scored 0-4 from centre forward, while substitute Brendan Maher weighed in with 0-3 as 10 different Tipp players got on the scoresheet.

Johnny McCaffrey top-scored for Dublin with 0-4, but they had precious little to cheer about and on this evidence will struggle to get past Laois or Carlow in their Leinster SHC opener. Tweet

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