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2024 EirGrid Munster Under 20 Football Championship – Tipperary 5-13 Waterford 0-8
Tipperary defeated Waterford by 5-13 to 0-8 in Round 3 of the EirGrid Munster Under 20 Football Championship on Saturday March 30th at Lemybrien.
Tipperary into Munster U20 football semi-final as they ease past Waterford
Munster U20 Football Championship
Tipperary 5-13 Waterford 0-8
Report by Darragh O’Flynn for the Irish Examiner newspaper
Corner-forward Orrin Jones scored 2-6 to help Tipperary maintain their unbeaten run and top the Munster Under 20 round-robin series group on a sunny Easter Saturday in Lemybrian in a stop-start game which saw 39 fouls through the 62 minutes of play.
The Premier men got off to the perfect start and led 0-4 to 0-1 after the first quarter, with a Jones bomber on the 45 being the highlight score. The first goal just came moments later when lightning-fast hands from Conal Grogan found the Arravale Rovers man, but his shot was saved and tapped in by Ardfinnan’s Shane Ryan.
The goal really affected Gavin Whelan’s men as they couldn’t win any kickouts and were under mounting pressure as Tipp got their second goal in the 25th minute after Michael Freaney won the loose ball, sidestepped two defenders and drove it into the bottom left corner to leave Niall Fitzgerald’s side ahead 2-9 to 0-1 going into the break.
Waterford did have chances in the first half but hit eight wides in total. However, the Déise defence suffered more pain after just 66 seconds from the restart. A complete misskick from Ryan caught out two Waterford defenders, allowing Grogan to tap it into the back of the net.
To Whelan’s side’s credit, they didn’t throw in the towel and dominated the next 20 minutes. Their first score of play came in the 47th minute from Nire man Michael O’Sullivan to make it 3-9 to 0-6.
But the Tipp decided to awake from their sleep, and a classy outside-of-the-boot goal from Jones in the 50th minute (their first score since the last green flag) and a coolly taken penalty by the sharpshooter in added time after sub-Paddy O’Keeffe was dragged concluded today’s events.
Scorers for Tipperary: O Jones 2-6 (1-0 pen, 0-3 frees), S. Ryan (1-2), C. Groogan & M Freaney (1-0 each), S O’Meara (0-2) C King, D Hogan (Free), T Charles (0-1 each)
Scorers for Waterford: S Pender 0-5 (0-4 frees), M O’Brien 0-2 (0-1 free, 0-1 45), M O’Sullivan 0-1
TIPPERARY: R. McGrath (Galtee Rovers); J. O’Neill (Ardfinnan), E O’Connell (Loughmore Castleiney), M Corcoran (Clonmel Commercials); C King (Ballina), S O’Meara (Grangemockler Ballyneal), D O’Brien (Aherlow); J. Higgins (Clonmel Commercials), E Doocey (Arravale Rovers); T Charles (Clonmel Commercials), J Lawrence (Rockwell Rover), M Freaney (Kilsheelan Kilcash); O Jones (Arravale Rovers), C Grogan (Galtee Rovers), S Ryan (Ardfinnan)
Subs: D Hogan (St Patricks) for Grogan (36), P O’Keeffe (Moyle Rovers) for Lawrence (48), B Carey (Ballylooby Castlegrace) for Doocey (51), T O’Connor (Kilsheelan Kilcash) for Ryan & K Butler (Moyle Rovers) for O’Brien (both 53)
WATERFORD: D Ó Mathúna (Sean Phobal); S Roche (Shamrocks), S Byrne (Gaultier), R O’Connell (Portlaw); C Sloan (Gaultier), T Martin (Gaultier), S Power (Kilrossanty); M O’Sullivan (Nire), S O’Rourke (Ballyduff Lower); R Fennell (Stradbally), M O’Brien (Stradbally), S Pender (Roanmore); K Moloney (Clashmore), A Mansfield (Ballinameela), D Butler (Colligan)
Subs: T Fennell (Stradbally) for R Fennell (38), J Bruton (Stradbally) for Mansfield (40), M Power (Colligan) for Power (42), F Ó Murchú (Ballinacourty) for O’Connell (56)
Referee: N Quinn (Clare)
Team Sheet
Fixture Details
Saturday March 30th
2024 EirGrid Munster GAA Under 20 Football Championship Round 3
Waterford v Tipperary
Venue: Lemybrien @ 2pm
Referee: Niall Quinn (Clare)
Streamed Live on clubber.ie
Ticket Information
General Admission: €10
Students/OAPs: €5
Under 16’s: Free
Tickets are available from participating Centra and Supervalu outlets or online via the link below.
Team News
The Tipperary Under 20 Footballers will play Waterford this Saturday afternoon at 2pm in Lemybrien. Following on from last weekends victory over Clare, the Tipperary Under 20 Manager Niall Fitzgearld has named the following team and subs for the game. pic.twitter.com/XDgikpV1Cz
— Tipperary GAA (@TipperaryGAA) March 28, 2024
TIPPERARY (U20FC v Waterford): R. McGrath (Galtee Rovers); J. O’Neill (Ardfinnan), E. O’Connell (Loughmore-Castleiney), M. Corcoran (Clonmel Commercials); C. King (Ballina), S. O’Meara (Grangemockler-Ballyneale), D. O’Brien (Aherlow); J. Higgins (Clonmel Commercials), E. Doocey (Arravale Rovers); T. Charles (Clonmel Commercials), J. Lawrence (Rockwell Rovers), M. Freaney (Kilsheelan-Kilcash); O. Jones (Arravale Rovers), C. Grogan (Galtee Rovers), S. Ryan (Ardfinnan).
Subs: S. Ryan (Clonmel Commercials), K. Butler (Moyle Rovers), B. Carey (Ballylooby-Castlegrace), D. Hogan (St Patrick’s), D. McVicker (Clonmel Óg), T. O’Connor (Kilsheelan-Kilcash), P. O’Keeffe (Moyle Rovers), C. Smith (Clonmel Commercials), D. Spillane (Fethard).
Gavin Whelan & his management team have announced the team to play Tipperary in the EirGrid Munster Under 20 Football Championship on Saturday March 30th in Lemybrien at 2pm.
Tickets: https://t.co/xyTtGkM1xs
Live streaming on https://t.co/DTylVZcnDN pic.twitter.com/U2W4aRPKHQ
— Waterford GAA (@WaterfordGAA) March 29, 2024
