Galway 0-8 Tipperary 4-20
Tipperary secured another one-sided win in the junior A
hurling championship with a victory over Galway. Within 10 minutes Tipp led by a goal and 5 to
no score, and by half time it was a massive 4-15 to a point. Tipp forwards were picking off points at
will, with Russell Quirke, Sean Stafford and Jimmy Maher having a field
day. Galway managed to keep themselves
from getting blanked thanks to a point from Cian Clifford.
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| Shane Jordan and Cronan Dempsey |
Galway made a better fist of things in the second half,
Clifford tagged a handful of points and with the job done, Tipperary made some
changes and eased off the gas a little.
Two big wins for Tipp in the opening rounds, tougher challenges to come
for them with Tom’s and Offaly perhaps?
Galway: Ray Grealish,
Michael Lennon, Dan O’Leary, David Lynch, James Tyrell, Seamus Loftus, Kieran
Morissey, Aidan Murphy, David Lordan, Cian Clifford, Enda Feeney, Shane Jordan,
Conor Nolan.
Tipp: Sean Delaney,
Sean mcGarr, Cathal Madden, Paul Morris, Cronan Dempsey, Pat Moriarty, Simon
Kennedy, Kieran Lowrey, Tom Conway, Jimmy Maher, Dinny Crosse, Russel Quirke,
Sean Stafford.
Fr. Tom Burke’s 3-16 Offaly 3-19
Saturday evening saw Offaly and Tom’s get their respective
campaigns off to an exciting start. In
an open, clean game of hurling, Offaly got off to a great start and in the
second half Tom’s made a tremendous comeback, but the Faithful county managed
to keep ahead to secure the first points in their defence of the title.
Offaly started with a stiff breeze in their favour and
looked like they had run away with the game.
At half time it was 3-12 to 0-6 in favor of the champions. The second half was a mirror image with Tom’s
using the breeze to pull themselves back within a point with 15 minutes still
to go. Offaly did not register their
first second half score until the final quarter, but when they did put 5
unanswered over the bar to open the championship with a win.
By Rory O'Donnell
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