A massive upset at Páirc Ui Rinn on Saturday night as Tipperary defeated Cork in their Munster Senior Ladies football championship clash first round tie.
Cork, having recently won the league title, would have been expected to come through this challenge but on the night Tipperary were simply supreme as they outfought and out played the home team to deservedly take the points.
This was a Tipp win built on an outstanding team display as they stuck to their game plan and made it difficult for Cork to break through their defence from start to finish.
Such was their dominance that Cork only scored one point from play in the entire second half.
Sadbh McGoldrick set up Aimee Corcoran for the opening score as Cork went into an early lead.
With seven minutes gone Tipperary were back on level terms when Sarah English scored, before Cork had the first goal chance of the half.
Rachel Leahy went through on goal but Lauren Fitzpatrick denied her a green flag.
A great ball from Clara English set up Anna Carey for Tipp’s second point as they went in front for the first time.
With seven minutes gone Cork had another goal chance as Aine O’Sullivan’s shot came back off the post.
Heather Spillane put Tipp further in front as the visitors were playing the better football at this stage.
Rachel O’Regan got Cork’s second score, with English replying for Tipp.
Katie Quirke replied for Cork to make it 0-4 to 0-3 with 16 minutes played.
But again, Tipp upped their game further, with English scoring again and Eanna Morrissey scoring from a free to put them three points to the good.
But a late point from a Quirke free made it 0-6 6o 0-4 at half time as Cork were far off the display they had against Galway in the league final a few weeks ago.
Aine O’Sullivan pulled a point back for Cork at the start of the second half, with Morrissey replying at the other end for Tipp.
Quirke pointed from a free, after 38 minutes to make it 0-7 to 0-6, the closest Cork got to drawing level until the final minute.
Carey and Clara English both scored for Tipp to put them three points clear as Cork were finding it difficult to break their defensive set-up.
Quirke scored from another free, with Sarah English getting her third of the game to keep Tipp three up.
Two frees from Quirke made it 0-10 to 0-9 as the game went into the final minute.
But credit to Tipp they burst forward with Nora Martin getting the all-important insurance point as Tipp ran out deserving winners on the night.
Scorers for Cork: K Quirke 0-6 (6f), A Corcoran, R O’Regan, A O’Sullivan 0-1 each.
Tipperary: S English 0-3, A Carey, E Morrissey (2f), C English 0-2 each, H Spillane, N Martin 0-1 each.
CORK: C Richmond; M Duggan, D Kiniry, S Kelly; R Corkery, S McGoldrick, C Hughes; A Corcoran, A O’Mahony; R Leahy, G Murphy, E Cleary; R O’Regan, K Quirke, A O’Sullivan.
Subs: M O’Callaghan for G Murphy (44), L Hallihan for C Hughes (48), A Ring for R O’Regan (57).
TIPPERARY: L Fitzpatrick; T Hoare, M Curley, E Cronin; K Cashman, Nora Martin, S English; L Morrissey, Niamh Martin; C English, L Cunningham, H Spillane; K Crotty Ryan, A Carey, E Morrissey.
Subs: AR Kennedy for A Carey (40), A McGuigan for K Crotty Ryan (44), A Ryan for K Cashman (47), E Buckley for H Spillane (54), L Spillane for E Morrissey (63).
Waterford power to victory over Munster champions Kerry
TG4 Munster Senior Football Championship
Waterford 0-17
Kerry 2-9
By Dan Kearney
A power-packed second half from Waterford propelled them to a two point victory over Kerry in this first round TG4 Munster Championship encounter at Austin Stack Park Tralee.
Waterford outscored the hosts by 0-10 to 0-3 in the second period as they used their running power to great effect.
In a repeat of last year’s final, it was Waterford who held the aces after a very entertaining contest where Brid McMaugh struck four points and KellyAnn Hogan hit 1-5.
Niamh Ní Chonchúir opened the scoring for Kerry but KellyAnn Hogan replied for the visitors three minutes later.
Kerry struck a brilliant goal in the fifth minute through Rachel Dwyer after some excellent work from the marauding Caoimhe Evans.
Hogan replied with a free for Waterford but then came Kerry’s second goal in the 10th minute. Anna Galvin played a ball into Leah McMahon and the speedster was fouled as she crashed the ball off the crossbar. Síofra Ó Shea stepped up and made no mistake from the resulting penalty.
Anna Galvin and Síofra O’Shea added further points but Eve Power replied for the Déise to make it 2-3 to 0-3 before O’Shea struck a brilliant two-point free for the Kingdom in the 23rd minute.
In a portent for what was to come in the second half, Waterford dominated the last 10 minutes of the game, outscoring Kerry by 0-4 to 0-1 with Hogan from a free and from play, Bríd McMaugh and Emma Murray slotting over, whilst the only Kerry reply came from Siofra O’Shea and Kerry led by 2-6 to 0-7.
Kerry started brightly in the second half with a Caoimhe Evans score but points from Brid McMaugh and a free from sub Chloe Fennell got Waterford going.
Aoife Dillane got a point back for Kerry when she might have gone for goal but soon Waterford took over around the middle of the field with McMaugh (2), McGregor, Chloe Fennell (2 frees), KellyAnn Hogan and Clare Walsh adding scores and Kerry’s only reply coming from the boot of Leah McMahon.
Waterford kept attacking and Karen McGrath was brought down for a penalty by Ciara Butler, who was sinbinned, in the 57th minute that McGregor struck off the butt of the post.
Now down to 14 players, Kerry attacked for all their worth but the final score of the contest fell to Eve Power to seal a brilliant win for the Déise.
Scorers for Waterford: KA Hogan 0-5 (3f), B McMaugh 0-4, C Fennell 0-3f, E Power 0-2, L McGregor 0-1, C Walsh 0-1, E Murray 0-1.
Kerry: S O’Shea 1-4 (1-0pen), R Dwyer 1-0, N Ní Chonchúir 0-1, L McMahon 0-1, A Galvin 0-1, A Dillane 0-1, C Evans 0-1.
WATERFORD: K Gardner; C Murray, L Mulcahy, A McGrath; R Browne, R Casey, K McGrath; E Murray, E Power; Á O’Neill, K Hogan, K Murray; M Daly, B McMaugh, L McGregor. Subs: C Fennell for A McGrath HT, C Walsh for M Daly 53, L Ní hArta for R Browne 60.
KERRY: C Butler; R Rahilly, D Kearney, E Lynch; A O’Connell, E Costello, A Dillane; A Galvin, M O’Connell; K Enright, N Ní Chonchúir, C Evans; L McMahon, S O’Shea , R Dwyer. Subs: N Carmody for K Enright 40, J lucey for R Dwyer 49, N Quinn for L McMahon 57, ME Bolger for C Evans 58, E Ní Lasighin for S O’Shea 63.
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