Limerick rue misses

Tipperary 2-8 Limerick 0-9: TWO GOALS in four minutes in the third quarter sent Tipperary on their way to the Munster minor …

Tipperary 2-8 Limerick 0-9:TWO GOALS in four minutes in the third quarter sent Tipperary on their way to the Munster minor football final and left Limerick regretting many wasted chances at Thurles last evening.

Tipperary struck nine minutes into the second half when Conor Sweeney finished off a four-man move with a neat goal. Four minutes later David McGrath shot a second to put Tipp in command.

TIPPERARY: J English; D Heffernan, S Russell, K O Riordan; C Walsh, R Kiely, T Hanley; A Moloney (0-2), P Acheson; D Lowry (0-1), G Ryan (0-1), D Bourke; C Sweeney (1-1), D McGrath (1-0), M O Dwyer (0-2). Subs: M Hickey (0-1) for Bourke; L Treacy for Ryan; B O'Hara for Hanley; S Boland for Lowry; T Bourke for O'Dwyer;

LIMERICK: D O'Sullivan; T Barrett, P Begley, A O'Sullivan; M Sheehan, J Browne, A Morrissey; D Bonfil, C Joyce-Power; C Ryan, E O Connor (0-4), S Carroll; E McEnery, S Garry, P McEnery (0-5). Subs: S Flavin for Barrett; J Walsh for C Ryan; T McCarthy for Morrissey; D Richardson for Garry; J Fitzgerald for P McEnery.

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Referee: G Lynch (Kerry).