McGrath Cup Final
Tipperary 0-06 Cork 0-13 CORK CLAIMED THEIR sixth McGrath Cup with a relatively comfortable win over Tipperary in Clonmel, though the Rebels had goalkeeper Ken O’Halloran to thank for preserving their lead late on.
O’Halloran, who was deputising for regular keeper Alan Quirke, did his claims for a regular starting place no harm as he made three fine saves to deny Tipp in the closing stages.
Paul Kerrigan and Fintan Goold led the scoring for Cork with four and three points respectively, but speaking to RTÉ afterwards, Goold paid tribute to O’Halloran.
“With 10 or 15 minutes to go maybe we did get a bit slack and in fairness to Ken in goal, he made a couple of top saves. If a goal had gone in, who knows?”
O’Byrne Shield Final
Wexford 1-06 Laois 1-15 An early goal from Paul Cahillane set Laois on the road to a confidence-boosting win over Wexford in the O’Byrne Shield at Wexford Park.
Laois begin their return to the National Football League Division 1 against Mayo on Saturday evening, and they struck the front early when Cahillane scored after just three minutes.
Some slack defending allowed Paddy Byrne to cancel out the goal before half-time, but Justin McNulty’s men took a 1-09 to 1-03 lead into the break and closed out a comfortable win in the second half.
Waterford Crystal Cup
Clare 3-25 Waterford IT 0-05 Davy Fitzgerald celebrated his first victory as Clare hurling manager by predicting that his young squad will become “very competitive” within two or three years.
Fitzgerald watched from the sidelines as Clare hammered a understrength Waterford IT side at Sixemilebridge yesterday. The game was over as a contest before the break as first-half goals from Aaron Cunningham and Daire Keane gave the Banner men a 2-14 to 0-3 lead at the interval.
Next up for Clare are Limerick, who await in Sunday’s quarter-final.
Other results
O’Byrne Cup Final
- Kildare P-P DCU (postponed due to waterlogged pitch)
Kehoe Cup quarter-finals
- Kildare 1-16 GMIT 1-17 (AET)
- Trinity 2-15 Down 0-14
- Wicklow 2-09 St Pat’s 3-11
- Meath 1-17 DCU 1-09
Walsh Cup quarter-finals
- UCD 1-08 Galway 6-25
- Laois 2-14 Dublin 1-14
- Kilkenny 0-13 NUIG 0-12
Walsh Shield semi-finals
- Carlow 0-15 DIT 1-15
- Wexford 1-15 Offaly 2-18
Waterford Crystal Cup
- Kerry 1-20 IT Tralee 1-15
