Munster MHC Semi-final/Tipperary 3-21 Limerick 0-12:A third-minute goal from full forward Pat Maher put Tipperary on their way to a comfortable win over a disappointing Limerick in the Munster minor semi-final at the Gaelic Grounds yesterday.

Limerick were still in the chase when they trailed 1-7 to 0-6 after 20 minutes but a second goal for Tipperary, this time from centre forward Seán Carey, had the visitors very much in the ascendancy, 2-10 to 0-6, at the interval.

While the Limerick seniors may find a 10-point half-time deficit far from insuperable, their minors could not find a way back in the game and Pat Maher's second goal of the game was the icing on the cake for the Premier County on 50 minutes.

TIPPERARY: J Logue; K O'Gorman, Pádraig Maher, S O'Brien; D O'Connor, J Coughlan, M Cahill; N McGrath (0-2), J Gallagher; S Hennessy (0-4), S Carey (1-0), B Maher (0-7); M Heffernan (0-3), Pat Maher (2-0), J O'Neill (0-4). Subs: J Barry (0-1) for McGrath. P Acheson for Pádraig Maher; D O'Brien for O'Neill; P O'Brien for Cahill.

LIMERICK: B Hennessy; B O'Connor, J O'Riordan, P Browne; E Gleeson, N Quaid, M Deegan; B O'Brien (0-1), G Mulcahy (0-2); P O'Brien, N Maher (0-5), S Madden; S Tobin, G Barron, T O'Brien (0-4). Subs: D Lynch for O'Connor; T O'Brien for B O'Brien; E Fitzgibbon for Gleeson; D Quaid for Madden.

Referee: C Lyons (Cork).