Monaghan 1-13 Tipperry 1-8 Monaghan finished their league campaign on a winning note but it wasn't until the second half of this encounter in Clones yesterday that they came to grips with a determined Tipperary
The home team rallied late in the first half, after Tipperary's Eamonn Hanrahan scored his side's only goal of the game, to leave the half-time score Tipperary 1-5, Monaghan 0-4.
Fergal Mone reduced the deficit to three points three minutes after the break and a goal from Raymond Ronaghan midway through the half put Monaghan into a commanding position.
MONAGHAN: G Murphy; G Corrigan, D McKenna, P McKenna; JP Mone, J Coyle, S McGeough; E Lennon (0-1), A Rooney (0-1); F Mone (0-2), M Slowey (0-2), T Freeman (0-2); R Woods (0-1), R Ronaghan (1-0), P Askin. Subs: D McDermott for S McGeough, K Tavey (0-2) for P Askin, N Corrigan for R Woods, D Smyth (0-1) for R Ronaghan, J Hughes for A Rooney.
TIPPERARY: B Enright; S Maher, L Cronin, R Costigan; B Hahessy, S Collum, D Fanning; F O'Callaghan, N Fitzgerald; JP Lobby (0-1), E Hanrahan (1-0), L England; P Lambert (0-1), D Browne (0-6), P Cahill. Subs: E O'Brien for P Lambert, A Fitzgerald for L England, K Mulryan for L Cronin, B Hickey for E O'Brien.
Referee: A Higgins (Antrim).
