Cork 0-28
Waterford 0-14
CORK MADE LIGHT work of Waterford in their Munster Senior Hurling Championship replay in Semple Stadium this afternoon, running out 14 point winners.
The win means Jimmy Barry Murphy’s men will meet Clare next Sunday in the semi-final in Thurles. Patrick Horgan, Seamus Harnedy and Conor Lehane all impressed for the Leesiders as they led 0-14 to 0-5 at the break.
Waterford struggled to match the intensity of the first game between the two in the opening period. The teams were tied at 0-3 apiece by the 14th minute but then Cork put five unanswered points on the board in the next five minutes.
Cork had extended their lead to nine points at the interval and could have been further ahead but for Waterford goalkeeper Stephen O’Keeffe saving an Anthony Nash penalty in first-half injury-time.
The one-way traffic continued in the second-half and Cork went 0-22 to 0-9 clear by the 54th minute. Austin Gleeson and Pauric Mahony tried hard to help Waterford cut the deficit while big guns like Seamus Prendergast, Maurice Shanahan and Stephen Molumphy were all sprung from the bench.
But Cork closed out the game in style with Horgan finished with 0-10 while Lehane, Harnedy and Bill Cooper also featured prominently.
An excellent afternoon’s work for Cork was rounded off by the sight of Paudie O’Sullivan coming off the bench to hit two late points in his first championship outing for the Rebels since the 2012 All-Ireland semi-final as he recovered from a severe leg injury sustained last year.
Cork now get set for a mouth-watering Munster semi-final tie against Clare next Sunday afternoon in Thurles.
Scorers for Cork: Patrick Horgan 0-10 (0-5f), Conor Lehane 0-4, Seamus Harnedy, Bill Cooper 0-3 each, Daniel Kearney, Paudie O’Sullivan 0-2 each, Christopher Joyce, Alan Cadogan, Rob O’Shea, Stephen Moylan 0-1 each.Scorers for Waterford: Pauric Mahony 0-5 (0-3f, 0-1 ’65), Austin Gleeson 0-3, Colin Dunford 0-2, Shane O’Sullivan, Shane Walsh, Brian O’Sullivan, Richie Foley 0-1 each.
CORK
1. Anthony Nash (Kanturk)
2. Shane O’Neill (Bishopstown)
3. Damien Cahalane (St Finbarr’s)
4. Stephen McDonnell (Glen Rovers)
5. Christopher Joyce (Na Piarsaigh)
6. Mark Ellis (Millstreet)
7. Lorcan McLoughlin (Kanturk)
8. Daniel Kearney (Sarsfields)
9. Aidan Walsh (Kanturk)
14. Seamus Harnedy (St Ita’s)
11. Bill Cooper (Youghal)
10. Conor Lehane (Midleton)
13. Alan Cadogan (Douglas)
12. Patrick Cronin (Bishopstown - Captain)
15. Patrick Horgan (Glen Rovers)
Subs
23. Stephen Moylan (Douglas) for Cadogan (58)
21. Brian Lawton (Castlemartyr) for Walsh (58)
26. Paudie O’Sullivan (Cloyne) for Kearney (60)
19. William Egan (Kilbrin) for McLoughlin (63)
25. Rob O’Shea (Carrigaline) for Cooper (63)
WATERFORD
1. Stephen O Keeffe (Ballygunner)
7. Shane Fives (Carrigtwohill)
3. Liam Lawlor (Fourmilewater)
4. Noel Connors (Passage)
5. Jamie Nagle (Dungarvan)
6. Michael Walsh (Stradbally, capt)
2. Tadgh de Burca (Clashmore / Kinsalebeg)
8. Shane O’Sullivan (Ballygunner)
9. Kevin Moran (De La Salle)
11. Jake Dillon (De La Salle)
12. Pauric Mahony (Ballygunner)
15. Austin Gleeson (Mount Sion)
10. Colin Dunford (Colligan)
14. Brian O’Sullivan (Ballygunner)
13. Shane Walsh (Fourmilewater)
Subs
18. Padraig Prendergast (Lismore) for Connors (inj) (4)
19. Richie Foley (Abbeyside) for Nagle (40)
23. Maurice Shanahan (Lismore) for Dunford (44)
24. Stephen Molumphy (Ballyduff Upper) for Brian O’Sullivan (44)
22. Seamus Prendergast (Ardmore) for Dillon (50)
Referee: Johnny Ryan (Tipperary)
