Jason Forde netted a hat-trick as Tipperary scored an emphatic 5-24 to 1-18 win over Offaly in the sides’ Allianz Hurling League Division 1A second round meeting in Tullamore this afternoon.

The All-Ireland champions had been 0-3 to 0-2 in front when Paddy McCormack fired in their first goal after 10 minutes and they’d raise the umpire’s green flag again through Forde (penalty) to move towards a 2-12 to 1-10 lead at the break.

Offaly, who netted their goal through Brian Duignan midway through the first-half, leaked another major four minutes into the restart as John McGrath got in behind and two more from Forde, who finished with 3-10 to his name, in the 48th and 68th minutes would put a seal on Tipp’s second win of the campaign.

In Walsh Park, Waterford bounced back from their first-round loss to Cork seven days ago by defeating Limerick on a 1-21 to 0-20 scoreline.

Rueben Halloran’s point saw the Deise men edging an airtight first-half (0-10 to 0-9) before Shane Bennett’s penalty 10 minutes into the restart pushed the hosts four ahead.

In their first outing of the Division 1A campaign, John Kiely’s side looked to respond to the concession with Aidan O’Connor’s frees bringing the back within two before hosts pushed their lead out to four again.

Gearoid Hegarty shot over back-to-back points as the game entered its closing 10 minutes when scores from Bennett, Halloran (2 frees) and Billy Nolan would get Peter Queally’s men over the line towards both points.

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