Tipp ladies secure another year in top tier
LADIES GAELIC FOOTBALL: LIDL National League Division 1 Round 7
Tipperary 1-15
Monaghan 2-11
By John Fallon at Semple Stadium
Tipperary secured their place in division 1 of the Ladies National Football League for another year by virtue of their come from behind win over Monaghan on Sunday, relegating the Ulster side in the process.
The accuracy of free-taker Aishling Moloney was key to Tipperary’s challenge against the breeze but Monaghan had cause to regret several missed goal chances, not least two penalties within a minute of each other.
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MATCH DIGEST
Player of the Match: Aishling Moloney (Tipperary)
SCORERS - Tipperary: Aishling Moloney 0-10 (9 frees); Caitlin Kennedy 1-0; Orla O’Dwyer, Anna Rose Kennedy, Roisin Howard, Sarah Everard, Roisin Daly 0-1 each.
Monaghan: Leanne Maguire 1-8 (1-0 pen, 0-6 frees); Cora Courtney 1-1; Rosemary Courtney, Ciara McAnespie 0-1 each.
TEAMS - Tipperary: Lauren Fitzpatrick (Ballymacarbry); Lucy Spillane (Fethard), Samantha Lambert (Ardfinnan, Capt), Emma Cronin (Moyle Rovers); Brid Condon (Aherlow), Anna Rose Kennedy (Aherlow), Maria Curley (Templemore); Caitlin Kennedy (Aherlow), Aishling Moloney (Cahir); Ava Fennessy (Clonmel Commercials), Orla O’Dwyer (Boherlahan), Sarah Everard (Moyle Rovers); Angela McGuigan (Sliabh na mBan), Roisin Howard (Cahir), Caoimhe Condon (Brian Borus).
Subs: Laura Dillon (Ardfinnan) for Spillane (45), Roisin Daly (Moyne-Templetuohy) for McGuigan (45), Elaine Fitzpatrick (Templemore) for Fennessy (53).
Monaghan: Bridin Tierney; Niamh Kerr, Sarah Boyd, Hannah McSkane; Aoife McAnespie, Rosemary Courtney, Abbie McCarey; Shaune Coyle, Eimear McAnespie; Chloe McBride, Leanne Maguire, Eva Woods; Cora Courtney (Capt), Muireann Atkinson, Ciara McAnespie.
Subs: Eadaoin Treanor for McBride (40), Grainne McKenna for McCarey (55).
Referee: Shane Curley (Galway).