An eight-point second-half streak powered Wicklow into their third consecutive Tailteann Cup quarter-final, beating Tipperary by that very margin at Echelon Park, Aughrim.<\/p>\n
Last year’s semi-finalists weathered the gale with an early Kevin Quinn goal and the full-forward tacked on a pair of two-pointers after the break to complete a 1-06 tally.<\/p>\n
Tipp had just two scorers from play, and three overall, as Malachy Stone was stuck tight to Se\u00e1n O\u2019Connor throughout. Paddy Creedon was their standout performer with 0-05 from play on his first championship start.<\/p>\n
Niall Fitzgerald made four late changes to the published Tipp team. They included a first start of the year for Jimmy Feehan, Steven O\u2019Brien\u2019s first championship start of 2026, and Creedon\u2019s full championship debut.<\/p>\n
Killian Butler also came in, with injury-hit Mark Corcoran, Emmet Moloney, Eoin Craddock, and Cian Smith missing out.<\/p>\n
In the first-ever championship meeting between these sides, Wicklow won the toss and chose to play against a strong wind. Between the conditions and the high error count, it was no thriller.<\/p>\n
There was a seven-minute wait for a score until a quickfire 1-01 had Wicklow in pole position.<\/p>\n
Within 20 seconds of P\u00e1draig O\u2019Toole\u2019s opening point, the ball was in the back of the Tipp net. As Shane Garland sought to get the kick-out away quickly, Quinn swooped to claim possession and fed Eoin Darcy.<\/p>\n
His shot was saved by Garland, but Quinn was on hand to tap in the rebound.Creedon broke Tipp\u2019s duck in the 11th minute and they were almost level moments later. Daith\u00ed Hogan squared for O\u2019Brien, whose palmed effort was tipped over by Mark Jackson.After Ois\u00edn McGraynor\u2019s fisted point, Wicklow would add just one more in the subsequent 21 minutes.<\/p>\n
Garland came up with a crucial intervention to deny O\u2019Toole before Creedon and O\u2019Connor, after a free for dissent, landed two-pointers to edge ahead.<\/p>\n
Joe Prendergast, during a brief blood-sub cameo, brought the sides level for the first time, but O\u2019Brien sent Tipp in with a slender 0-07 to 1-03 half-time lead.<\/p>\n
They came out strong with an O\u2019Connor free and Creedon\u2019s fourth boosting them three clear.<\/p>\n
Wicklow were level within five minutes as McGraynor kicked two frees and laid on a point for Quinn. When Quinn played a sideline one-two to split the posts, the hosts were back ahead.<\/p>\n
A sloppy Tipp pass was almost punished with a goal, only for Garland to produce a double-save from O\u2019Toole. Once the exasperated Paudie Feehan was pinged for charging at Jackson when in with a goal chance, Wicklow countered for their first orange flag, through Quinn.<\/p>\n
Substitute Mark Kenny and a Darcy free completed an eight-point streak for 1-11 to 0-09.Creedon\u2019s fifth snapped that burst, but Wicklow came upfield for Quinn\u2019s second two-pointer.<\/p>\n
Tipp battled on as Jackson made a fine save from Jack O\u2019Neill. Even when he was beaten by O\u2019Connor, Gavin Fogarty got back for a goalline block.Liam O\u2019Neill added the cherry on top for Wicklow with a last-kick orange flag.<\/p>\n
Wicklow: M Jackson; T Moran, M Nolan, M Stone; D Fee, E Murtagh, G Fogarty; D Healy, J Kirwan; J Carlin (0-01), P O\u2019Toole (0-02), C O\u2019Brien; O McGraynor (0-03, 2f), K Quinn (1-06, 2tp), E D\u2019Arcy (0-01f)<\/p>\n
Subs: J Prendergast (0-01) for Carlin (24-27, blood), M Kenny (0-01) for Kirwan (57), Prendergast for O\u2019Brien (62), C Deering for Murtagh (66), L O\u2019Neill (0-02, tp) for McGraynor (67), C Fee for Darcy (68)<\/p>\n
Tipperary: S Garland; J O\u2019Neill, E O\u2019Connell, J Feehan; K Butler, J Morris, C King; J Higgins, P Feehan; K Costello, M Freaney, S O\u2019Brien (0-02); P Creedon (0-05, 1tp), S O\u2019Connor (0-05, 1tpf, 3f), D Hogan<\/p>\n
Subs: L Boland for Butler (42), E Craddock for Hogan (53), D Brennan for Freaney (62), D O\u2019Connor for Higgins (67), E Moloney for King (68)<\/p>\n
Referee: K Eannetta (Tyrone)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An eight-point second-half streak powered Wicklow into their third consecutive Tailteann Cup quarter-final, beating Tipperary by that very…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-486824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486824","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=486824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}