{"id":380638,"date":"2026-04-03T22:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T22:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/380638\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T22:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T22:08:08","slug":"limerick-minor-hurlers-suffer-munster-championship-defeat-to-waterford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/380638\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick minor hurlers suffer Munster Championship defeat to Waterford"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LIMERICK<\/a>‘S\u00a0minor hurlers suffered defeat in their opening Electric Ireland Munster MHC clash, losing 1-17 to 1-14 to Waterford.<\/p>\n

In front of a crowd of 1,359 at the TUS Gaelic Grounds, the Shannonsiders put in a solid display but fell short after an inspired effort from Deise duo Dylan Murphy and Ryan Molumphy.<\/p>\n

The pair combined for 0-14 – 11 from play – to condemn Diarmuid Mullins side to defeat.<\/p>\n

It means Limerick have just one Championship win in nine games since the start of the 2024 campaign.<\/p>\n

It was an opening quarter where Limerick were the better team.<\/p>\n

A superb point from Eamon O\u2019Sullivan from a tight angle, under pressure pushed Limerick to a 0-4 to 0-2 lead after a lively opening 10 minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gavin O\u2019Brien added a smart point as Limerick\u2019s forwards looked sharper.<\/p>\n

Waterford were reliant on the influential Dylan Murphy for scores – three frees and a smart effort from play meant the sides were level 0-5 apiece midway through the opening period.<\/p>\n

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During an even first half, Murphy’s seventh point gave the Deise their first three-point advantage of the evening approaching the interval.<\/p>\n

Limerick levelled the tie before the break with some quick-thinking seeing Gavin O\u2019Brien scoring the game\u2019s first goal.<\/p>\n

Zach Bennis\u2019 initial point attempt struck the upright and the Kilmallock man was quickest to react, striking off the ground past Waterford \u2018keeper Mikey Ware.<\/p>\n

Despite the boost of the goal, Limerick struggled after the interval. Waterford scored the first two points before a super team move finished by Jack Roche got the home side on the board in the 38th minute.<\/p>\n

Within seconds Molumphy added his fourth of the game to stretch the Deise lead before Jack Walsh put them 0-15 to 1-9 ahead with 20 minutes to play.<\/p>\n

Limerick nearly had a second goal when Rian Horgan turned his man. However, his shot was well saved. Limerick didn\u2019t leave the attack empty handed, Roche\u2019s second point keeping his side in touching distance.<\/p>\n

The Shannonsiders were then hit with a sucker-punch: A free dropping into the square was not dealt with and Cian Delaney found won possession and his low strike found the back of the net.<\/p>\n

Limerick had guilt-edged two goal chances in quick succession but couldn\u2019t find the back of the net as Waterford held on for the victory, despite a nervy finish.<\/p>\n

SCORERS: Limerick: Shane Waters 0-7 (7f); Gavin O\u2019Brien 1-1; John O\u2019Riordan, Eamon O\u2019Sullivan, Jack Roche 0-2 each.<\/p>\n

Waterford: Dylan Murphy 0-10 (3f); Ryan Molumphy 0-4; Cian Delaney 1-1, Jack Mullaly, Jack Walsh 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

LIMERICK: Sam Collins (Crecora-Manister); Rowan Collins (Adare), William Ryan (Murroe-Boher), Donagh Horgan (Murroe-Boher); Killian O\u2019Neill (Murroe-Boher), Eoin Hennessy (Patrickswell), John O\u2019Riordan (Bruff); Shane Waters (Na Piarsaigh), Jack Roche (Blackrock); Diarmuid Crowe (Doon), Xavier Neligan (Kilmallock), Zach Bennis (Kildimo-Pallaskenry); Gavin O\u2019Brien (Kilmallock), Eamon O\u2019Sullivan (Adare), Rian Horgan (Murroe-Boher).<\/p>\n

Subs: Ryan Foley (Patrickswell) for Zach Bennis (half-time); Callum Butler (Patrickswell) for Killian O\u2019Neill (43 mins); Conor Ryan (Monaleen) for John O\u2019Riordan (56 mins).<\/p>\n

WATERFORD: Mikey Ware; Luke Fitzgerald, Darragh Murphy, Dara Sullivan; Jack Walsh, Andrew Porter, Emmet Walsh; Stephen Coffey, Adam Cummins; Cian Delaney, Ryan Molumphy, Ferdia Geoghegan; Jack Mullaly, Dylan Murphy, Liam MacFhlannchadha\u00a0<\/p>\n

Subs: Micahel Moloney for Jack Mullaly (43 mins).<\/p>\n

REFEREE: Cian Ryan (Tipperary).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LIMERICK‘S\u00a0minor hurlers suffered defeat in their opening Electric Ireland Munster MHC clash, losing 1-17 to 1-14 to Waterford.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1965,42,17406,169938,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-380638","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-hurling","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-limerick-gaa","11":"tag-munster-mhc","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-top-news","14":"tag-top-stories","15":"tag-topnews","16":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}