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Wicklow hold their ground in second half

Wicklow 0-13 Tipperary 0-11: Wicklow are through to the knock-out stages after they held off a strong second-half home challenge…

Mon Apr 02 2007 - 01:00

Wicklow 0-13 Tipperary 0-11:Wicklow are through to the knock-out stages after they held off a strong second-half home challenge at Ardfinnan.

The victors were 0-9 to 0-3 ahead at the break - their scores coming from Paul Earls, Tony Hannon, Leighton Flynn, Keith O'Brien (two apiece) and Tommy Gill. Tipperary's sole provider was Declan Browne - three from placed balls.

Tipp restarted with two quick Browne scores, but Wicklow found their range through Gill and O'Brien to ease back into control. A brace from Browne left just four in it as the game entered injury-time. When Benny Hickey then raced through on goal, it seemed as though Tipp could yet grab a share of the spoils, but his effort was beaten away by Raymond O'Donnell.

WICKLOW: R O'Donnell; C O'Hanlon, D Power, A O'Brien; J Dalton, D Hammond, L Flynn (0-2); S Stafford, D Seaic; J Slattery, A Hannon (0-2), P Dalton (0-1); T Gill (0-3), D Odlum, P Earls (0-2). Subs: K O'Brien (0-3) for Odlum; P Phibbs for Slattery; D Fitzgerald for Hannon.

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TIPPERARY: P Fitzgerald; M O'Brien, A Foley, A Morrissey; M Peters, P Morrissey, M Phelan; G Hannigan, E Hanrahan; K Mulryan, B Mulvihill, B Hickey; D O'Brien, D Browne (0-9), P Austin (0-1). Subs: S Moloney for Hanrahan; B Coen (0-1) for Hannigan; E Connolly for Peters: H Coughlan for O'Brien.

Referee: M Meade (Limerick).