Tipperary 3-20

Cork 1-15

Fourteen points (12 frees) from the stick of Aidan McCormack helped Tipperary to an impressive victory over holders Cork in the Munster IHC quarter-final at Semple Stadium.

The Thurles Sarsfields sharpshooter was in unerring form, while two quick-fire goals in the second half from Mark Russell - son of former All-Ireland football final referee Paddy - also proved crucial to the outcome as Tipp set up a semi-final date with Limerick on June 19.

Ahead by 0-11 to 0-7 at half-time, the William Maher-managed Premier extended their lead to 1-11 to 0-8 on the restart when goalkeeper Brian Hogan netted a penalty after Russell was fouled. Not to be outdone, Cork 'keeper Declan Dalton crashed home a penalty himself in the 37th minute as Cork reduced the leeway to four points.

But Russell's double in the 49th and 50th minutes put the result beyond doubt.

Tipperary - B Hogan (1-0pen); G Fennelly, J Peters, P Maher; A Coffey, T Fox, S Ryan (0-1); B McCarthy (0-3), J Shelly; L McGrath (0-1), A McCormack (0-14, 12f), T Nolan; W Connors, M Russell (2-0), C Kenny. Subs: D Fitzell (0-1) for J Shelly, T Gallagher for L McGrath, C Lanigan for T Nolan, S Quirke for S Ryan, D Sweeney for G Fennelly.

Cork - D Dalton (1-1, 1-0pen, 0-1f); D Lester, C Barry, D Browne; K Kavanagh (0-1), D O'Donovan, C Buckley; B Murray (0-1), K O'Neill (0-1); D Brosnan (0-1), N Kelly, E O'Sullivan (0-1); D Drake, P O'Rourke (0-3), N McNamara (0-5f). Subs: R Cahalane for C Barry, S Hayes for N Kelly, B Lawton for E O'Sullivan, E Brosnan (0-1) for K O'Neill, G Murphy for K Kavanagh.

Referee - D O'Driscoll.

 

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