Tipperary 0-17 Limerick 2-13
Limerick produced a fine display to upset the odds and beat Tipperary in their Munster Under 20 Hurling Championship Round 1 clash at FBD Semple Stadium on Tuesday.
Level at half-time, 0-08 to 0-08, Matthew Fitzgerald scored a brilliant individual goal early in the second period for Limerick.
The contest's decisive moment arrived in the 58th minute when substitute Mark O'Brien found the net to put the Treaty men ahead. Thereafter, they showed bags of determination to hold off the Tipp, who had captain Sam O'Farrell sent off for a second yellow in injury time.
Scorers - Tipperary: Darragh McCarthy 0-11 (6fs, 1 65), Conor Martin, Adam Daly 0-02 each, Cathal English, Paddy McCormack 0-01 each
Limerick: Hugh Flanagan 0-06 (6fs), Matthew Fitzgerald, Mark O'Brien 1-00; Tadhg Boddy, Robert O’Farrell, Fintan Fitzgerald 0-02 each; Dan Scully 0-01
Tipperary: Eoin Horgan; Podge O’Dwyer, Aaron O’Halloran, Jack Quinlan; Adam Ryan, Sam O’Farrell (Capt), Jack O’Callaghan; Paddy Phelan, Adam Daly; Cathal English, Conor Martin, Oisin O’Donoghue; Darragh McCarthy, Paddy McCormack, Senan Butler
Subs: Robbie Ryan for Butler (HT); Joe Egan for O’Callaghan (36); Ciaran Foley for Martin (57)
Limerick: Fionn O'Brien; Dan Scully, Sean Casey, John Murray; Eoin Brosnan, Aidan O’Connell, Darragh Langan; Matthew Fitzgerald, James Finn; Robert O’Farrell, Hugh Flanagan, Donal Coughlan; Tadhg Boddy, Ruairi O’Connor, Fintan Fitzgerald
Subs: Conor Rickard for Brosnan (17-22 HIA); Dara Ferland for Coughlan (40); Mark O’Brien for O’Connor (48); Sean Duff for Finn (54); Barry Adams for Boddy (57).
Referee: Ciaran O’Regan (Cork)
