As Cork and Tipperary clash in Pairc UÃ Chaoimh with a place in this year’s Munster senior hurling final at stake, we’re going minute-by-minute. Throw-in is at 4pm.
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16.15 – Cork 0-9 Tipperary 0-5: Cork continuing to make the early running in front of their home support. Patrick Horgan arrows over a free after being fouled himself and then Jamie Coughlan grabs his first point of the match. Pa Bourke pulls a score back for Tipperary but then Horgan is on target with another free to stretch Cork’s lead to four points. An excellent contest so far.
16.19 –
Cork 0-10 Tipperary 0-8: Tipperary enjoy a productive period with Pa Bourke and Brian O’Meara both finding their range with shots on goal. But Cork then move downfield with Paudie O’Sullivan breaking through the cover and when he releases to Jamie Coughlan, the Newtownshandrum player lashes a shot just over the bar. That was a definite goal chance for Jimmy Barry-Murphy’s side. Tipperary pull one back with a Pa Bourke free. There’s 19 minutes gone and we’ve 18 points scored. Incredible accuracy so far.
16.22 –
Cork 0-12 Tipperary 0-9: Paudie O’Sullivan ensures all six Cork forwards inked their names on the scoresheet when getting clear to tap a shot over the bar. Patrick Horgan gets in on the scoring act after that with his fifth point of the game, the latest effort arriving from open play. Pa Bourke trims the gap to three after that with a pointed free. 21 minutes gone here in Páire Uà Chaoimh and this is an excellent game so far.
16.27 –
Cork 0-12 Tipperary 0-11: Pa Bourke is really starting to impose himself on this match. Tipperary need attacking leadership and he’s providing it. He’s just struck over two 65′s in quick succession to bring his personal tally to 0-7 for the day. More importantly for the Premier, they’ve reduced the margin to just a point after 27 minutes.
16.31 – Cork 0-13 Tipperary 0-12: Patrick Horgan points a free to push Cork into a two-point lead but then we have a moment of controversy. Anthony Nash, Cork’s new goalkeeper, fires in a long-range free that Brendan Cummins comes to collect but the balls spills from his hand and rolls into the net. As the Rebels players and fans start to celebrate, referee Brian Gavin blows for a free out as he has adjudged there was a Cork player in the square. That’s a big call. It’s a let off for Tipperary and they capitalize at the other end with Brendan Maher pointing.
16.57 – Cork 0-15 Tipperary 0-13: First blood to Tipperary in the second-half when Brian O’Meara charges in from the right wing, shrugs off defensive challenges and fires a shot between the posts. But Patrick Horgan restores Cork’s two-point advantage when he scores a free. 39 minutes gone here.
17.05 – Tipperary 1-16 Cork 0-16: A dramatic few moments. We’ve had 31 points but critically in the 46th minute, the first goal of the game has arrived. John O’Brien and Lar Corbett make the hard yards to prise open the Cork rearguard and it’s Noel McGrath who is played in to finish decisively to the net past Anthony Nash. Padraic Maher follow up with a point for Tipperary but then the Premier side receive a major blow when John O’Brien is sent-off after being shown a second yellow card.
17.36 – Here’s the scorers from both sides after what was an utterly enthralling match.
TIPPERARY: P Bourke 0-12 (0-7f, 0-2 ’65), N McGrath 1-4, B Maher, B O’Meara 0-2 each, G Ryan, Padraic Maher 0-1 each.
CORK: P Horgan 0-12 (0-9f), J Coughlan, P O’Sullivan 0-3 each, C Lehane 0-2, D Sweetnam, P Cronin, C Naughton, D Kearney, C McCarthy 0-1 each.
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