Limerick IT 2-19 GMIT 1-11:EVEN WITHOUT Joe Canning who was rested, Limerick IT booked a quarter-final place and a home tie with a convincing win over outclassed GMIT at Limerick.

Limerick began with early points from Bernard Gaffney and Timmy Dalton before Gaffney blasted a 21-yard free to the net after only six minutes. Paul Browne added a point before Dalton scored Limerick’s second goal after only ten minutes.

Ronan Madden had Galway’s first point and at the end of the first quarter LIT led 2-5 to 0-1.

Limerick went on to lead 2-10 to 0-5 at the interval. Tipperary star, Seamus Callinan suffered a hand injury just before the interval and did not resume in the second half.

GMIT, helped by eight points from top scorer Madden, reduced the deficit to 2-15 to 1-10 at one stage but Limerick remained in control.

LIT:M Ryan; C Chapman, J O'Keeffe, J Gunning; N O'Connell, W Hyland, P Sherlock; S Collins, P O'Brien; P Browne (0-3), S Callinan (0-3), N Quinn (0-3); S Tobin (0-2), T Dalton (1-2), B Gaffney (1-5, three frees). Subs:A Ryan for Callinan, M O'Hanlon (0-1) for Collins, E Harrison for O'Connell, JB O'Halloran for Ryan, J Riordan for Sherlock.

GMIT:A Ryan; S Hynes (0-1), C Flannery, G O'Halloran; D Maher, T Flannery, N Regan; D Fitzelle (0-1), J Gelston; E Feeney (1-0), L Hands, B Quinn; J O'Gorman, R Madden (0-8, five frees, one 65), A O'Shaughnessy. Subs:C Hands (0-1) for Quinn, N Mannion for Gelston, B Sheehan for Rogers, A Monney for O'Gorman.

Referee:F McNamara (Clare).