Tipperary had a far more comprehensive win over Waterford at Dungarvan yesterday than the final scoreline suggests. The game was over as a contest midway through the opening half by which time Tipperary had raced into an 11-point lead.

Goals from Liam Cahill after four minutes and full forward Brian O'Meara, 10 minutes later, put Tipperary well in control.

They led by 2-8 to 0-3 at half-time after Waterford had to wait 12 minutes for their opening score from their best player on the day, Dave Bennett. He contributed 1-5 of his side's total.

The Waterford goal came on the stroke of full-time when Bennett converted a 20 metre free.

The win virtually assures Tipperary and new manager Nicky English a place in the South-East League final.

In yesterday's other game, Limerick beat Cork 0-12 to 0-7.

Tipperary: K O'Brien; D Fahey, F Heaney, H Flannery; R Ryan, D Kennedy, J Leahy; E Enright, L Sheedy; P Ormond 0-2, E Tucker 0-2, M O'Leary 0-3; J Enright 0-1, B O'Meara 1-0, L Cahill 1-2. Subs: W Maher for Sheedy, E Corcoran for E Enright, E O'Neill for O'Leary.

Waterford: S Brenner; G Breen, S Cullinane, J O'Connor; B Flannery, P Queally, B Greene; M Molumphy, C Fanning; B O'Sullivan, D Shanahan, D Bennett 1-6; M White, S Daly, S Cunningham. Subs: S Frampton for Breen, E Burke for O'Connor, N Jacob 0-1 for Fanning, J Coffey for Shanahan, E O'Brien for White.

Referee: P Dunphy (Kilkenny).