Gaelic Games/McGrath Cup/Limerick 2-3 Cork 0-7: Limerick qualified to meet IT Tralee in the McGrath Cup semi-final in a near blizzard under lights at Newtownshandrum last night.
Two goals approaching half-time tipped the game in Limerick's favour. The first came from Conor Mullane after 24 minutes when a pass by Cork goalkeeper Kevin O'Dwyer was intercepted.
Two minutes later Micheál Reidy landed a penalty to help Limerick to a 2-3 to 0-2 lead at the break. Cork dominated the second half and James Masters' free-taking reduced the margin before time ran out on them.
LIMERICK: S Kiely; J McCarthy, D Sheehy, M O'Riordan; P Browne, T Lavin, A Lane; J Quane, J O'Donovan; C Mullane (1-0), P Fitzgerald, S Buckley; M Reidy (1-0, penalty), J Murphy (0-3 frees), C Hickey. Subs: D Reidy for Hickey, M O'Brien for Fitzgerald, J O'Connor for Browne.
CORK: K O'Dwyer; N Geary, D Duggan, C O'Connor; N O'Leary, G Murphy, M Shields (0-1); D Hurley, M McCarthy; R Brosnan, M Ó Croinín (0-1, free), N Murphy; J Masters (0-4, 3 frees), BJ O'Sullivan, F Gould. Subs: K O'Sullivan for Gould, C O'Riordan (0-1) for Brosnan.
Referee: P Russell (Tipperary).
