2022 Munster Senior Hurling Championship – Limerick 3-21 Tipperary 0-23

Limerick defeated Tipperary by 3-21 to 0-23 in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship on Sunday May 8th at the TUS Gaelic Grounds.

Match Highlights

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Strong Limerick finale enough to undo Tipperary

Report by John Fogarty for the Irish Examiner newspaper

Limerick 3-21 Tipperary 0-23

A flourish of a finale from Limerick has all but put them into a fourth straight Munster final and consigned Tipperary to an early championship exit.

Watched by a 27,111 in TUS Gaelic Grounds, the All-Ireland champions laboured for the most part and only came alive in the final 10 minutes of normal time when they scored 2-6 to Tipperary’s four points.

Tipperary will rue a massive wide count of 17 points although Limerick’s accuracy was almost as poor. However, a goal from Conor Boylan in the 67th minute and a second green flag from Aaron Gillane three minutes later helped to put a prettier complexion on the scoreboard.

Tipperary couldn’t convert a couple of goal chances they had early in the second half and yet remained ahead until the 62nd minute when Diarmaid Byrnes flew over a 65. Another three Limerick points followed and the home team’s crisis in confidence was averted.

By half-time, the teams had amassed 19 wides between them, Tipperary hitting double figures with Ronan Maher’s long-range effort tailing to the side of Nickie Quaid’s right-hand post. Posting 24 scores between them, it was a dreadful return.

Bearing in mind how much they were written off, Tipperary would have been thrilled to be up 0-14 to 1-9 on the turnaround. Noel McGrath was unerring from placed balls and Ger Browne picked off three fine scores from distance.

They were mixing their game up well, Barry Hogan’s long puck-outs finding forwards in space, and recovered well after Gillane’s eighth minute goal, the Patrickswell man catching a short Diarmaid Byrnes point attempt over the head of Seamus Kennedy and burying the ball.

Tipperary were on level terms by the 23rd minute and went ahead a minute later as they hit Limerick for six scores on the bounce. The home side squared the game in the 31st minute but Tipperary scored three of the last four points in the half.

Scorers for Limerick: A. Gillane (2-5, 0-4 frees); T. Morrissey (0-5); D. Byrnes (0-3, frees, 1 65); C. Boylan (1-0); D. O’Donovan (0-2); C. O’Neill, G. Mulcahy, G. Hegarty, B. Nash, D. Reidy, D. Hannon (0-1 each).

Scorers for Tipperary: N. McGrath (0-13, 9 frees, 2 65s, 1 sideline); G. Browne, J. Morris (0-3 each); M. Kehoe, B. Heffernan, A. Flynn, R. Byrnes (0-1 each).

LIMERICK: N. Quaid; S. Finn, M. Casey; D. Byrnes, D. Hannon (c), D. Morrissey; W. O’Donoghue, D. O’Donovan; G. Hegarty, C. O’Neill, T. Morrissey; G. Mulcahy, K. Hayes, A. Gillane.
Subs for Limerick: S. Flanagan for C. O’Neill (40); D. Reidy for W. O’Donoghue (54); C. Boylan for G. Mulcahy (59); R. English for D. Morrissey (68); O. O’Reilly for K. Hayes (69).

TIPPERARY: Barry Hogan; C. Barrett, R. Maher (c), C. Morgan; P. Cadell, S. Kennedy, B. Heffernan; D. Quirke, C Stakelum; M. Breen, N. McGrath, G. Browne; J. Morris, M. Kehoe, P. Flynn.
Subs for Tipperary: R. Byrne for P. Cadell (35); C. Bowe for P. Flynn (48); D. McCormack for G. Browne (64); A. Flynn for C. Stakelum (69).

Referee: L. Gordon (Galway).

Ticket Information

Ticket Prices – Munster Senior Hurling Championship Round-Robin games
Stands – €25 for adults, €20 for students / OAPs, €5 for juveniles
Terrace – €20 for adults, €15 for students / OAPs, €5 for juveniles

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Team News

Limerick: N Quaid; S Finn, M Casey, B Nash; D Byrnes, D Hannon, D Morrissey; W O’Donoghue, D O’Donovan; G Hegarty, C O’Neill, T Morrissey; A Gillane, K Hayes, G Mulcahy.

Tipperary: Barry Hogan; C Barrett, B Heffernan, C Morgan; D Quirke, R Maher, S Kennedy; P Cadell, M Breen; C Stakelum, N McGrath, G Browne; J Morris, M Keohe, P Flynn.

Match Programme

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