Tipp minors exit following heavy defeat
Tipperary 1-15
Limerick 3-24
Report: James Hayden
MATCH DIGEST
Man of the Match: Cathal O’Neill (Limerick)
SCORERS – Limerick: Cathal O’Neill 1-10 (0-7 frees); Aidan O’Connor 1-2 (0-1 free); Adam English 1-1; Patrick O’Donovan 0-3; Patrick Kirby, Patrick Reale, Cian Casey 0-2 each; Liam Lynch, Eddie Stokes 0-1 each.
Tipperary: Jack Leamy 0-8 (5 frees); Kyle Shelly 1-0; Conor O’Dwyer 0-2; Conor Ryan, Colm Fogarty, Tony Cahill, Kenny Ryan, Conor McKelvey 0-1 each.
Tipperary minor hurlers suffered a crushing 15-point defeat to Limerick in what proved a one-sided Munster Minor Hurling Championship clash at Semple Stadium on Sunday.
Sports historians will have to go a long way back in the annals to ascertain a defeat of similar proportions for a Tipperary minor side as they were out-fought, out-thought and out-hurled by a strong Limerick outfit who have their eyes firmly fixed on a Munster title.
With just one win from this year’s campaign going into this clash Tipp were hoping to atone for a disappointing performance against Clare in their previous outing but their failure to curtail a rampant Limerick attack ultimately proved their downfall.
Management rang the changes for this final round robin encounter with the Treaty County and with Tipperary still in with a mathematical chance of securing a Munster final berth they knew they had to go for the jugular right from the start.
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