Tipperary fired the final 1-2 to clinch their third Munster minor hurling title in five seasons under James Woodlock, and 43rd in total, in front of 3,760 fans at FBD Semple Stadium.<\/p>\n
Man of the match Conall Morrisson compiled the match-winning tally of 2-4 as his 63rd-minute goal finally shook off a determined Limerick challenge.<\/p>\n
Captain Conor Collins lifted the John Doyle Cup alongside corner-forward Zach O\u2019Keeffe, who is a great-grandson of the legendary Tipp hurler for whom the trophy is named.<\/p>\n
They proceed to the All-Ireland semi-finals, while Limerick enter at the quarter-final stage.<\/p>\n
The Premier got off to a dream start with 1-1 against the wind. Shane Ryan came forward from the throw-in to feed \u00c9anna Tucker for the opener after 13 seconds.<\/p>\n
Then, after the influential Collins won the ball in defence, Shane Ryan delivered it long for Morrisson to take a backfoot swing at the posts. His shot dropped under the crossbar and out of the grasp of goalkeeper Sam Collins, with both umpires indicating that the sliotar had landed over the line before bouncing out.<\/p>\n
Limerick responded well with five of the next six points, comprised of efforts from Shane Waters (play and free), Daire Long, Ryan Foley, and Jack Roche\u2019s leveller.<\/p>\n
Chris Dunne twice edged Tipp ahead with frees before Limerick retaliated with three in a row to take their first lead. A stylish Xavier Nelligan sideline cut was followed by good points by John O\u2019Riordan and Waters.<\/p>\n
Tipp\u2019s goal threat emerged before long, although Limerick kept bravely throwing their bodies on the line. Rowan Collins\u2019 goal-saving intervention denied Chris Dunne, although Morrisson soon pointed.<\/p>\n
Morrisson then had a point attempt rebuffed by William Ryan. It fell for Zach O\u2019Keeffe, whose swipe at goal was stopped by Sam Mitchell\u2019s diving block. When the sliotar dropped into KJ Dunne\u2019s grasp, he rounded the covering defender to buy space for a low shot to the net.<\/p>\n
Chris Dunne added a free before Eamon O\u2019Sullivan narrowed the half-time deficit to two, 2-6 to 0-10.<\/p>\n
Tipp doubled their lead on the restart via Chris Dunne and Tucker points.<\/p>\n
Limerick began to show signs of opening up Tipp, beginning when Waters tapped over after careering towards goal.<\/p>\n
After a Morrisson reply, the Treaty were in again. Daire Long and Ryan Foley combined to tee up O\u2019Sullivan to hit the net. However, the umpires didn\u2019t raise the green flag and, following a chat with referee Seaghan Walsh, it was ruled out for a square ball.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Sullivan soon pointed with his last act before being called ashore and a Waters free got them back to two behind.<\/p>\n
Morrisson\u2019s third point was followed by another goal chance. Diarmuid Crowe and Rian Horgan ran down the middle, with the latter laying off for John Ross O\u2019Reilly. His bullet was courageously diverted around the post by the advancing Eoin Connolly.<\/p>\n
Waters slotted the 65, but Tipp necklaced four of the next five points. Morrisson\u2019s catch led to the first. After KJ Dunne\u2019s goal chance was deflected away by Conor Ryan, Chris Dunne converted the 65. Tucker and a long-distance James Finn free made it 2-14 to 0-15 with five minutes to play.<\/p>\n
It was back in the balance by the hour mark with Roche, Horgan, and Waters (free) splitting the posts.<\/p>\n
Tipp would score the last 1-2. O\u2019Keeffe struck a point before Chris Dunne, who added a late free, was denied a clinching goal by Conor Ryan\u2019s hook.<\/p>\n
Tipp came again and Chris Dunne released Morrisson to flick beyond the full-back and fire to the far corner.<\/p>\n
\n Scorers for Tipperary: Conall Morrisson (2-4); Chris Dunne (0-6, 4 frees, 1 65); KJ Dunne (1-0); \u00c9anna Tucker 0-3; James Finn (free), Shane Ryan, Zach O\u2019Keeffe (0-1 each).<\/p>\n
\n Scorers for Limerick: Shane Waters (0-8, 4 frees, 1 65); Jack Roche, Eamon O\u2019Sullivan (0-2 each); John O\u2019Riordan, Xavier Nelligan (s\/l), Ryan Foley, Daire Long, Gavin O\u2019Brien, Rian Horgan (0-1 each).<\/p>\n
\n TIPPERARY: E Connolly (Carrick Swan); D Groome (Borris-Ileigh), C Collins (Galtee Rovers, capt), C Ryan (Newport); O Kennedy (Newport), J Finn (Golden-Kilfeacle), T McLoughlin (Cahir); S Ryan (Borris-Ileigh), H Healy (Kilruane MacDonaghs); C Kennedy (Clonoulty-Rossmore), C Dunne (Gortnahoe-Glengoole), \u00c9 Tucker (Nenagh \u00c9ire \u00d3g); Z O\u2019Keeffe (Holycross-Ballycahill), C Morrisson (Moyle Rovers), KJ Dunne (Toomevara).<\/p>\n
\n Subs: C Gantley (Cappawhite) for Healy (42), C O\u2019Mahony (Thurles Sarsfields) for McLoughlin (42), R McGrath (Kiladangan) for Tucker (52).<\/p>\n
\n LIMERICK: S Collins (Crecora-Manister); S Mitchell (Knockainey), W Ryan (Murroe-Boher), R Collins (Adare); E Hennessy (Patrickswell), C Ryan (Monaleen), J O\u2019Riordan (Bruff); X Nelligan (Kilmallock), J Roche (Blackrock); D Crowe (Doon), R Foley (Patrickswell), S Waters (Na Piarsaigh, capt); E O\u2019Sullivan (Adare), D O\u2019Grady (Granagh-Ballingarry), D Long (Pallasgreen).<\/p>\n
\n Subs: J McCarthy (Ballybrown) for Mitchell (h-t), R Horgan (Murroe-Boher) for O\u2019Grady (35), JR O\u2019Reilly (Ballybrown) for O\u2019Sullivan (41), G O\u2019Brien (Kilmallock) for Long (41), C Hickey (Crecora-Manister) for Foley (56).<\/p>\n
\n Referee: S Walsh (Waterford).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tipperary fired the final 1-2 to clinch their third Munster minor hurling title in five seasons under James…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1965,72371,5582,42,17406,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-451354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-hurling","tag-munster-gaa","tag-tipperary-gaa","tag-headlines","tag-limerick-gaa","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451354","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=451354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}