Tipperary 2-20 Cork 1-21
Tipperary hurling received a timely pick-me-up with an impressive victory over three-in-a-row chasing Cork in their Munster U-20 hurling semi-final at FBD Insurance Semple Stadium.
Brendan Cummins' side established a sizeable nine-point advantage at half-time, Peter McGarry and John Campion finding the net as they built up a 2-12 to 0-09 lead.
Cork, who won both the delayed 2020 championship and the 2021 championship itself in successive months last summer, rallied in the second half, Sean Walsh and Diarmuid Healy whipping over 0-03 apiece from play.
With three minutes remaining, the visitors had whittled down to three at 2-17 to 0-20 but Tipp held firm in the closing stages.
Jack Leamy racked up 0-05, three in the first half, with Peter Creedon unerring from play, stroking over 0-04. Kyle Shelly snapped up 0-05 from placed balls.
The hosts held a five point lead deep in injury-time until Kanturk's Colin Walsh raided forward, lashing a low shot which deflected to the net. However, it was too late and Tipp will progress to the Munster final.
Limerick 0-27 Waterford 3-15
Limerick will be their opponents after they withstood a flurry of second-half goals from visitors Waterford at the Gaelic Grounds to win by three points.
Tied 0-11 apiece at the break, the home side turned on the boosters early in the second half, rattling off eight points without reply in an 11-minute spell.
Limerick's scoring haul was backboned by the trio of Aidan O'Connor, Adam English and Shane O'Brien, each notching 0-05 apiece from play, O'Connor adding a further five points from placed balls.
Waterford kept just about in touch, Cian Rellis finding the net to reduce the gap back to five. Limerick pushed it out with a flurry of points but Jake Foley added a second for the away side, narrowing the gap down to three.
Limerick, however, were always capable of a spurt and found scores, albeit invariably white flags, easier to come by. Eddie Stokes and Colin Coughlin joined the aforementioned trio by clipping over a brace of points each.
With the game essentially beyond Waterford, Patrick Fitzgerald grabbed a goal in injury time but Limerick held out.
