Welcome along to part two of our Munster hurling afternoon, with the clash of Waterford and Tipperary.
With both sides coming off the back of opening-day defeats, this game may be a de facto eliminator, given both sides have a daunting trip to the Gaelic Grounds as part of their closing fixtures.
My name is Gavin Cooney, you can get in touch below the line or by email at gavincooney@the42.ie
The game is live on GAA plus, but you can follow all the drama here. Throw in is at 4pm, we will have the teams next.
26 Apr
3:54PM
Here are the teams for this afternoon:
Waterford
1.Billy Nolan (Roanmore)
2. Ian Kenny (Ballygunner), 3. Mark Fitzgerald (Passage), 4. Aaron O’Neill (Ballygunner)
5. Jack Fagan (De La Salle), 6. Iarlaith Daly (Lismore), 7. Shane Bennett (Ballysaggart)
13. Stefan Tobin (Carrick Swan) 14. John McGrath (Loughmore Castleiney) 15. Jason Forde (Silvermines)
Subs:
16 Brian Hogan (Lorrha Dorrha)
17 Seamus Kennedy (St Marys)
18 Darragh McCarthy (Toomevara)
19 Peter McGarry (St Marys)
20 Brian McGrath (Loughmore Castleiney)
21 Noel McGrath (Loughmore Castleiney)
22 Sam O’Farrell (Nenagh Eire Og)
23 Johnny Ryan (Arravale Rovers)
24 Keith Ryan (Upperchurch Drombane)
25 Darragh Stakelum (Thurles Sarsfields)
26 Alan Tynan (Roscrea)
26 Apr
4:00PM
Pre throw-in changes on the Tipp team:
Seamus Kennedy for Craig Morgan
Darragh McCarthy for Jason Forde
Sam O’Farrell for Stefan Tobin
Alan Tynan for Conor Stakelum
26 Apr
4:00PM
We’re off!
Dublin’s Chris Mooney is our referee for this one.
26 Apr
4:01PM
Waterford 0-01 Tipperary 0-00
First score goes to Waterford, through Calum Lyons, either side of a couple of early Tipp wides.
26 Apr
4:03PM
Waterford 0-01 Tipperary 0-01
3 mins – Jake Morris is fouled in front of the D, and Darragh McCarthy converts to draw Tipp level.
26 Apr
4:05PM
Waterford 0-01 Tipperary 0-02
4 mins - Andrew Ormond taps over after a terrific piece of play by Darragh McCarthy, shutning his marker our of the way and passing square to Ormond for an easy score.
26 Apr
4:07PM
Waterford 0-01 Tipperary 0-04
6 mins - Goal chance for Tipp as a long ball in breaks for Sean O’Farrell, but Billy Nolan is out of his goal quickly to narrow the angle and force O’Farrell to fire wide.
Tipp then hit Waterford with a couple of quick points, first from John McGrath and then by O’Farrell. Whirlwind start by Tipp.
26 Apr
4:09PM
Waterford 0-01 Tipperary 0-05
8 mins – Willie Conners converts after a delightful shimmy and pass by Alan Tynan, a move that sums up Tipp’s early sharpness here.
26 Apr
4:10PM
Waterford 0-01 Tipperary 0-06
9 mins – Darragh McCarthy converts from play after pouncing on a fumble by Iarlaith Daly.
26 Apr
4:11PM
Waterford 0-02 Tipperary 0-06
11 mins - Stephen Bennett bisects the Tipp defence with a terrific pass for Shane, who is in turn tripped as he canters through. Easy free for Stephen to open his account for the day.
26 Apr
4:12PM
Waterford 0-02 Tipperary 0-07
12 mins - Tipp are ruling the skies, and Jake Morris taps over after Tipp more breaking ball amid the Waterford defence.
26 Apr
4:13PM
Waterford 0-03 Tipperary 0-07
13 mins – Ormond snaps the ball toward the target but the angle is off and Billy Nolan comes charging out of his goal to clean up. Waterford sweep up the pitch and pick out Sean Walsh at corner forward, who drops his shoulder, spins and splits the posts.
26 Apr
4:14PM
Waterford 0-03 Tipperary 0-08
14 mins - What a score by Oisin O’Donoghue for Tipp! On the run by the right-side but shrugs off a tug to convert.
26 Apr
4:16PM
Waterford 0-03 Tipperary 0-08
16 mins - Arrgh. Jack Prendergast takes off down the left wing and is too fast for everyone, cutting inside to improve the angle only to fire weakly wide right of the posts. Waterford getting some more possession now but that’s their fourth wide of the day already.
26 Apr
4:18PM
Waterford 0-04 Tipperary 0-08
17 mins - More like it for Waterford. They are beginning to get to grips with the Tipp forwards, and having won the long ball they pick out Jamie Barron in the middle of the pitch who has the calmness to stop, swivel and convert off his left.
26 Apr
4:18PM
Waterford 0-04 Tipperary 0-09
18 mins - Tipp push the lead back to five points, McCarthy from a free by the right sideline.
26 Apr
4:20PM
Waterford 0-04 Tipperary 0-10
20 mins - Calum Lyons the latest to squander a chance, for Waterford’s fifth wide. But Doyle miscontrols the short Tipp puck-out which gives Daragh Lyons a look at the post…but his efforts goes left and wide.
Tipp are by contrast ruthless: O’Donoghue gets a second look at the posts and once again makes no mistake.
26 Apr
4:22PM
Waterford 0-04 Tipperary 0-11
21 mins - Ruthless Dept: John McGrath gets his second possession of the day and gets a second point of the day.
26 Apr
4:24PM
Waterford 0-04 Tipperary 1-11
GOAL!
22 mins - Darragh Lyons is having a nightmare with sideline cuts, struggling to get any lift on them and is continually giving Tipp handy possession. From the latest, Rhys Shelly lorries it into the Waterford full-back line, McGrath battles for it and pulls on the ball, which bounces up for Ormond, who slams it beyond Nolan! Tipp are cruising!
26 Apr
4:25PM
Waterford 1-04 Tipperary 1-11
GOAL!
23 mins - Wow, Waterford reply right away, as Jamie Barron fires the ball into the Tipp net! Vital reply!
26 Apr
4:26PM
Waterford 1-04 Tipperary 1-13
26 mins - This game has suddenly gone berserk. Tipp reply to the goal that was itself a reply with a point. Waterford then conjure another goal chance but the Tipp defence scramble and smother the chance.
Alan Tynan has meanwhile tagged on another point for Tipp.
26 Apr
4:29PM
Waterford 1-05 Tipperary 1-14
29 mins - O’Donoghue raids forward for a third point of the day so far, after O’Farrell wins possession.
Excellent response by Waterford for Calum Lyons – a tight angle down the right flank – but Waterford are in cling-on mode now.
26 Apr
4:30PM
Waterford 1-05 Tipperary 1-15
30 mins - Jack Prendergast has been shown a yellow card for a foul, that has allowed Darragh McCarthy convert his fourth point of the day and stretch Tipp’s lead to 10 points.
26 Apr
4:32PM
Waterford 1-05 Tipperary 1-16
31 mins - Waterford change – Kevin Mahony is on for Shane Bennett.
Peter Queally’s next act is to complain too vigorously about a Tipp free by the sideline, for which he is booked and the free is moved to tap-over range, and McCarthy converts.
26 Apr
4:34PM
Waterford 1-06 Tipperary 1-17
33 mins - Mahony makes an impact, cutting inside to convert. Waterford’s issue is mainly they can’t get much ball into their forward line.
Tipp meanwhile have scores from everywhere: now Ronan Maher floats a point across the bar.
26 Apr
4:35PM
Waterford 1-07 Tipperary 1-18
34 mins - Good score from Jack Fagan for Waterford, but then a magnificent flourish by Jake Morris: he brawnily takes a long puck-out, shrugs off his defender and scores.
26 Apr
4:39PM
Half-time
Waterford 1-07 1-18 Tipperary
The All-Ireland champions are in firm control of this game: an 11-point lead built by the strength and accuracy of their forwards, supplemented by a starring role from wing-back by Oisin O’Donoghue. Waterford have 10 wides by contrast, and having gone man-for-man at the back, are struggling to deal with Tipp’s direct ball.
With Stephen Bennett quiet so far, they need a major second-half turnaround to save their championship.
26 Apr
4:53PM
We’re back underway!
Sean Mackey is on – for debut – for Darragh Lyons at half-time for Waterford. They need a massive second-half here, and were out for the second-half much, much earlier than Tipp.
26 Apr
4:54PM
Waterford 1-08 Tipperary 1-18
36 mins - Quick start by the Deise! Dessie Hutchinson fires over the bar for his first score of the day.
26 Apr
4:55PM
Waterford 1-09 Tipperary 1-18
36 mins - Sean Mackey’s first action in championship hurling is to win the ball ahead of Ronan Maher and then a free. Stephen Bennett converts.
26 Apr
4:56PM
Waterford 1-10 Tipperary 1-18
38 mins – Jamie Barron lofts the ball to the edge of the Tipp square: the sliotar ping-pongs off bodies and results in a Waterford ’65. Bennett knocks that over, and so Waterford have reeled off three-straight points and the gap is eight.
26 Apr
4:59PM
Waterford 1-11 Tipperary 1-18
Missed penalty!
40 mins – Alas to that quick Waterford start. Sideline ball into the square is toward John McGrath, and full-back Mark Fitzgerald is penalised for supposedly yanking McGrath back as he took to the air.
Fitzgerald is booked, penalty given…but Darragh McCarthy’s penalty is tame, kicking off the turf to lose its pace and its easily saved by the Waterford ‘keeper! Well, now.
Waterford reply with another point from another Bennett free, and now it’s a seven-point game!
26 Apr
5:01PM
Waterford 1-11 Tipperary 1-19
42 mins - Calum Lyons trots through the middle of the pitch, brilliantly, but is finally stopped by a superb hook by the trailing Willie Conners. Lyons is then pinged for a through ball just as Prendergast thought he was through.
John McGrath has meanwhile got Tipp off the mark for the second half, fielded well by Darragh McCarthy who popped the ball to MCGrath off his shoulder.
26 Apr
5:01PM
Waterford 1-12 Tipperary 1-19
43 mins - The pace of this game has mercifully gone up. Ball goes in long and Bennett collects, and he makes no mistake for his fifth of the game – and fourth since half-time.
26 Apr
5:04PM
Waterford 1-14 Tipperary 1-19
45 mins -Wow, an absolutely monster free by goalkeeper Billy Nolan from deep, deep inside his own half winnows the gap to six.
And then the debutant Mackey climbs to the sky to gather the ball and ping it over the bar. It’s a five point game!
26 Apr
5:05PM
Waterford 1-14 Tipperary 1-19
Waterford have massively upped the intensity here – they evidently needed to feel the championship knife to their throat.
Another Deise change: Conor Keane on for Ian Kenny in the full-back line.
26 Apr
5:06PM
And some Tipp swaps: Craig Morgan on for Seamus Kennedy, with Alan Tynan replaced by Noel McGrath. The latter is apparently a blood sub.
26 Apr
5:07PM
Waterford 1-15 Tipperary 1-19
48 mins - Calum Lyons finds space and converts, and having trailed by 11 at the break, Waterford are now only four back!
26 Apr
5:08PM
Waterford 1-16 Tipperary 1-19
50 mins - Three.point.game. Prendergast converts, but only after Waterford butcher a goal chance as Bennett dallied in picking out an unmarked team-mate.
Daragh Stakelhum on for Tipp but this is suddenly all Waterford!
26 Apr
5:10PM
Waterford 1-16 Tipperary 1-21
51 mins - Tipperary arrest some momentum, Eoghan Connolly spears a ball over the bar after -yet again- John McGrath retains possession under massive pressure.
Then Jake Morris tags on another point to push the gap back to five.
26 Apr
5:11PM
Waterford 1-16 Tipperary 1-21
53 mins - Kevin Mahony returns Waterford to their silly profligacy. He tries an ambitious effort from a tight angle and it naturally goes wide.
26 Apr
5:14PM
Waterford 2-16 Tipperary 1-21
GOAL!
55 mins – Stephen Bennett are you serious! Bennett wins the ball in front, then hits the brakes to send his marker flying, and he then fires beyond Shelly form range! Wow!
26 Apr
5:14PM
Waterford 2-17 Tipperary 1-21
56 mins - It’s a one-point game! Dessie Hutchinson from the right-side!
And on comes Austin Gleeson for Waterford!
26 Apr
5:16PM
Waterford 2-18 Tipperary 1-21
Waterford are level!
57 mins - Sean Mackey has made a helluva impact on his debut. He wins a free off Ronan Maher and Bennett, of course, converts.
Waterford, 11 down at the break, are level with 13 minutes to go!
26 Apr
5:18PM
Waterford 2-19 Tipperary 1-22
58 mins - Tipp retake the lead, Stefan Tobin is in off the bench and nails an effort off his right.
Tadhg De Burca is on for Waterford; Blood sub reversed with Tynan back from Tipp.
But then Bennett is at it again, this time to the left-side, collects the ball, hits the brakes to lose his marker and taps over to equalise again.
26 Apr
5:18PM
Waterford 2-19 Tipperary 1-23
Now it’s punch for punch. Eoghan Connolly puts Tipp ahead once again.
Then Waterford blink with their 14th wide: Paddy Leavy. Tipp have only had four wides by contrast.
26 Apr
5:20PM
Waterford 2-20 Tipperary 1-23
61 mins - Mackey is flying, fires ball into Kevin Mahony who is out in front, rounds his marker and closes in on goal but, from a tight angle, elects to flick the ball over to level it again!
26 Apr
5:21PM
Waterford 2-20 Tipperary 1-24
62 mins - Billy Nolan to the rescue again! There’s a scrum for possession from which John McGrath comes away, and he strikes the ball off the ground toward goal, but a splayed Nolan makes a stunning save with the outside of his right foot! Tipp do have a 65 from which they retake the lead.
26 Apr
5:22PM
Waterford 2-21 Tipperary 1-24
63 mins - We are level again. Gleeson’s first act is to win a free and Bennett makes it 1-08 for him so far.
26 Apr
5:22PM
Waterford 2-22 Tipperary 1-24
64 mins - Bennett!! From downtown, off his left, and converts for his first point from play and to put Waterford in front for the first time since the second minute of this game!
26 Apr
5:24PM
Waterford 2-22 Tipperary 1-24
66 mins - This is incredible stuff from Stephen Bennett. Waterford survive some harum-scarum defending, lorry it clear, and Bennett takes the ball one handed ahead of his man yet again. He is fouled as he does so and converts the free, and now Waterford lead by two!
26 Apr
5:26PM
Waterford 2-23 Tipperary 1-25
67 mins - Heavens above. Tipp keeper Shelly drops a long ball, the ball bounces off his retreating defender, but he reacts quickly to bat away the rebound from his goal, and Tipp get it clear. Darragh Stakelhum gathers and scores to halve the deficit.
26 Apr
5:26PM
Waterford 2-23 Tipperary 1-26
We are level again!
68 mins - Eoghan Connolly unloads a long-range missle from deep inside the Tipp half, and it’s a tied game!
26 Apr
5:27PM
Waterford 2-23 Tipperary 1-27
Tipp ahead!
69 mins - Oisin O’Donoghue has his fourth of the day, and now it’s Tipp’s lead. Jason Forde is on for Tipp, and he sees a shot drift wide.
26 Apr
5:28PM
Waterford 2-24 Tipperary 1-27
70 mins - Waterford level!
Sean Walsh takes the long puck-out and fires over off his right. What a game.
26 Apr
5:28PM
Waterford 2-24 Tipperary 1-28
Tipp lead!
Stefan Tobin fires over after some loose play by Waterford.
FOUR added minutes.
26 Apr
5:29PM
Waterford 2-24 Tipperary 1-29
71 mins - Jason Forde finds his range this time and it’s a two-point Tipp lead.
Austin Gleeson takes a pop but alas it’s Waterford’s 15th wide. Time running out for the Deise.
26 Apr
5:33PM
Waterford 2-24 Tipperary 1-30
73 mins - Robert Doyle does superbly to win possession against Kevin Mahony, and he is on the ground and needing treatment, seemingly after suffering a blow to the head.
It’s a free to Tipp, and Eoghan Connolly is stading over it, just in front of his 45 line. He gives it away, but Waterford can’t win possession.
Play sloshes back and forth and Waterford win a free: Gleeson plays it quickly but clumsily gives it away, from where Tipp sweep forward and score through Ronan Maher.
What could have been a one point game is now three!
26 Apr
5:34PM
Waterford 3-24 Tipperary 1-30
GOAL!!!!
Waterford equalise with the last puck of the game!
74 mins - Insane. Nolan launches it to the Tipp box, Bennett knocks it down and Kevin Mahony pounces and rifles the ball to the net!
WOW!
26 Apr
5:36PM
Full-time: Waterford 3-24 Tipperary 1-30
And it ends with that, another Munster classic. The game which neither side could lose ends with…neither side losing it. Mahony’s goal equalised with effectively the last puck of the game.
Waterford were torpid in the first half and trailed by 11 points at the break, but they came roaring out of the traps, and Darragh McCarthy’s missed penalty coupled with Stephen Bennett and Mahony’s goals means it has finished level. Virtuoso performances by veteran forwards John McGrath and Stephen Bennett.
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As it happened: Waterford v Tipperary, Munster SHC
Welcome along to part two of our Munster hurling afternoon, with the clash of Waterford and Tipperary.
With both sides coming off the back of opening-day defeats, this game may be a de facto eliminator, given both sides have a daunting trip to the Gaelic Grounds as part of their closing fixtures.
My name is Gavin Cooney, you can get in touch below the line or by email at gavincooney@the42.ie
The game is live on GAA plus, but you can follow all the drama here. Throw in is at 4pm, we will have the teams next.
Here are the teams for this afternoon:
Waterford
1.Billy Nolan (Roanmore)
2. Ian Kenny (Ballygunner), 3. Mark Fitzgerald (Passage), 4. Aaron O’Neill (Ballygunner)
5. Jack Fagan (De La Salle), 6. Iarlaith Daly (Lismore), 7. Shane Bennett (Ballysaggart)
8. Paddy Leavey (Ballygunner), 9. Darragh Lyons (Dungarvan)
10. Calum Lyons (Ballyduff Lower), 11. Jamie Barron (Fourmilewater), 12. Jack Prendergast (Lismore)
13. Dessie Hutchinson (Ballygunner), 14. Stephen Bennett (Ballysaggart), 15. Sean Walsh (Fourmilewater)
Subs:
Tipperary
1. Rhys Shelly (Moycarkey Borris)
2. Robert Doyle (Clonoulty Rossmore) 3. Eoghan Connolly (Cashel King Cormacs) 4. Michael Breen (Ballina)
5. Oisin O’Donoghue (Cashel King Cormacs) 6. Ronan Maher (Thurles Sarsfields) 7. Bryan O’ Mara (Holycross Ballycahill)
8. Willie Connors (Kiladangan) 9. Craig Morgan (Kilruane MacDonaghs)
10. Jake Morris (Nenagh Eire Og) 11. Andrew Ormond (JK Brackens) 12. Conor Stakelum Thurles Sarsfields
13. Stefan Tobin (Carrick Swan) 14. John McGrath (Loughmore Castleiney) 15. Jason Forde (Silvermines)
Subs:
Pre throw-in changes on the Tipp team:
Seamus Kennedy for Craig Morgan
Darragh McCarthy for Jason Forde
Sam O’Farrell for Stefan Tobin
Alan Tynan for Conor Stakelum
We’re off!
Dublin’s Chris Mooney is our referee for this one.
Waterford 0-01 Tipperary 0-00
First score goes to Waterford, through Calum Lyons, either side of a couple of early Tipp wides.
Waterford 0-01 Tipperary 0-01
3 mins – Jake Morris is fouled in front of the D, and Darragh McCarthy converts to draw Tipp level.
Waterford 0-01 Tipperary 0-02
4 mins - Andrew Ormond taps over after a terrific piece of play by Darragh McCarthy, shutning his marker our of the way and passing square to Ormond for an easy score.
Waterford 0-01 Tipperary 0-04
6 mins - Goal chance for Tipp as a long ball in breaks for Sean O’Farrell, but Billy Nolan is out of his goal quickly to narrow the angle and force O’Farrell to fire wide.
Tipp then hit Waterford with a couple of quick points, first from John McGrath and then by O’Farrell. Whirlwind start by Tipp.
Waterford 0-01 Tipperary 0-05
8 mins – Willie Conners converts after a delightful shimmy and pass by Alan Tynan, a move that sums up Tipp’s early sharpness here.
Waterford 0-01 Tipperary 0-06
9 mins – Darragh McCarthy converts from play after pouncing on a fumble by Iarlaith Daly.
Waterford 0-02 Tipperary 0-06
11 mins - Stephen Bennett bisects the Tipp defence with a terrific pass for Shane, who is in turn tripped as he canters through. Easy free for Stephen to open his account for the day.
Waterford 0-02 Tipperary 0-07
12 mins - Tipp are ruling the skies, and Jake Morris taps over after Tipp more breaking ball amid the Waterford defence.
Waterford 0-03 Tipperary 0-07
13 mins – Ormond snaps the ball toward the target but the angle is off and Billy Nolan comes charging out of his goal to clean up. Waterford sweep up the pitch and pick out Sean Walsh at corner forward, who drops his shoulder, spins and splits the posts.
Waterford 0-03 Tipperary 0-08
14 mins - What a score by Oisin O’Donoghue for Tipp! On the run by the right-side but shrugs off a tug to convert.
Waterford 0-03 Tipperary 0-08
16 mins - Arrgh. Jack Prendergast takes off down the left wing and is too fast for everyone, cutting inside to improve the angle only to fire weakly wide right of the posts. Waterford getting some more possession now but that’s their fourth wide of the day already.
Waterford 0-04 Tipperary 0-08
17 mins - More like it for Waterford. They are beginning to get to grips with the Tipp forwards, and having won the long ball they pick out Jamie Barron in the middle of the pitch who has the calmness to stop, swivel and convert off his left.
Waterford 0-04 Tipperary 0-09
18 mins - Tipp push the lead back to five points, McCarthy from a free by the right sideline.
Waterford 0-04 Tipperary 0-10
20 mins - Calum Lyons the latest to squander a chance, for Waterford’s fifth wide. But Doyle miscontrols the short Tipp puck-out which gives Daragh Lyons a look at the post…but his efforts goes left and wide.
Tipp are by contrast ruthless: O’Donoghue gets a second look at the posts and once again makes no mistake.
Waterford 0-04 Tipperary 0-11
21 mins - Ruthless Dept: John McGrath gets his second possession of the day and gets a second point of the day.
Waterford 0-04 Tipperary 1-11
GOAL!
22 mins - Darragh Lyons is having a nightmare with sideline cuts, struggling to get any lift on them and is continually giving Tipp handy possession. From the latest, Rhys Shelly lorries it into the Waterford full-back line, McGrath battles for it and pulls on the ball, which bounces up for Ormond, who slams it beyond Nolan! Tipp are cruising!
Waterford 1-04 Tipperary 1-11
GOAL!
23 mins - Wow, Waterford reply right away, as Jamie Barron fires the ball into the Tipp net! Vital reply!
Waterford 1-04 Tipperary 1-13
26 mins - This game has suddenly gone berserk. Tipp reply to the goal that was itself a reply with a point. Waterford then conjure another goal chance but the Tipp defence scramble and smother the chance.
Alan Tynan has meanwhile tagged on another point for Tipp.
Waterford 1-05 Tipperary 1-14
29 mins - O’Donoghue raids forward for a third point of the day so far, after O’Farrell wins possession.
Excellent response by Waterford for Calum Lyons – a tight angle down the right flank – but Waterford are in cling-on mode now.
Waterford 1-05 Tipperary 1-15
30 mins - Jack Prendergast has been shown a yellow card for a foul, that has allowed Darragh McCarthy convert his fourth point of the day and stretch Tipp’s lead to 10 points.
Waterford 1-05 Tipperary 1-16
31 mins - Waterford change – Kevin Mahony is on for Shane Bennett.
Peter Queally’s next act is to complain too vigorously about a Tipp free by the sideline, for which he is booked and the free is moved to tap-over range, and McCarthy converts.
Waterford 1-06 Tipperary 1-17
33 mins - Mahony makes an impact, cutting inside to convert. Waterford’s issue is mainly they can’t get much ball into their forward line.
Tipp meanwhile have scores from everywhere: now Ronan Maher floats a point across the bar.
Waterford 1-07 Tipperary 1-18
34 mins - Good score from Jack Fagan for Waterford, but then a magnificent flourish by Jake Morris: he brawnily takes a long puck-out, shrugs off his defender and scores.
Half-time
Waterford 1-07 1-18 Tipperary
The All-Ireland champions are in firm control of this game: an 11-point lead built by the strength and accuracy of their forwards, supplemented by a starring role from wing-back by Oisin O’Donoghue. Waterford have 10 wides by contrast, and having gone man-for-man at the back, are struggling to deal with Tipp’s direct ball.
With Stephen Bennett quiet so far, they need a major second-half turnaround to save their championship.
We’re back underway!
Sean Mackey is on – for debut – for Darragh Lyons at half-time for Waterford. They need a massive second-half here, and were out for the second-half much, much earlier than Tipp.
Waterford 1-08 Tipperary 1-18
36 mins - Quick start by the Deise! Dessie Hutchinson fires over the bar for his first score of the day.
Waterford 1-09 Tipperary 1-18
36 mins - Sean Mackey’s first action in championship hurling is to win the ball ahead of Ronan Maher and then a free. Stephen Bennett converts.
Waterford 1-10 Tipperary 1-18
38 mins – Jamie Barron lofts the ball to the edge of the Tipp square: the sliotar ping-pongs off bodies and results in a Waterford ’65. Bennett knocks that over, and so Waterford have reeled off three-straight points and the gap is eight.
Waterford 1-11 Tipperary 1-18
Missed penalty!
40 mins – Alas to that quick Waterford start. Sideline ball into the square is toward John McGrath, and full-back Mark Fitzgerald is penalised for supposedly yanking McGrath back as he took to the air.
Fitzgerald is booked, penalty given…but Darragh McCarthy’s penalty is tame, kicking off the turf to lose its pace and its easily saved by the Waterford ‘keeper! Well, now.
Waterford reply with another point from another Bennett free, and now it’s a seven-point game!
Waterford 1-11 Tipperary 1-19
42 mins - Calum Lyons trots through the middle of the pitch, brilliantly, but is finally stopped by a superb hook by the trailing Willie Conners. Lyons is then pinged for a through ball just as Prendergast thought he was through.
John McGrath has meanwhile got Tipp off the mark for the second half, fielded well by Darragh McCarthy who popped the ball to MCGrath off his shoulder.
Waterford 1-12 Tipperary 1-19
43 mins - The pace of this game has mercifully gone up. Ball goes in long and Bennett collects, and he makes no mistake for his fifth of the game – and fourth since half-time.
Waterford 1-14 Tipperary 1-19
45 mins -Wow, an absolutely monster free by goalkeeper Billy Nolan from deep, deep inside his own half winnows the gap to six.
And then the debutant Mackey climbs to the sky to gather the ball and ping it over the bar. It’s a five point game!
Waterford 1-14 Tipperary 1-19
Waterford have massively upped the intensity here – they evidently needed to feel the championship knife to their throat.
Another Deise change: Conor Keane on for Ian Kenny in the full-back line.
And some Tipp swaps: Craig Morgan on for Seamus Kennedy, with Alan Tynan replaced by Noel McGrath. The latter is apparently a blood sub.
Waterford 1-15 Tipperary 1-19
48 mins - Calum Lyons finds space and converts, and having trailed by 11 at the break, Waterford are now only four back!
Waterford 1-16 Tipperary 1-19
50 mins - Three.point.game. Prendergast converts, but only after Waterford butcher a goal chance as Bennett dallied in picking out an unmarked team-mate.
Daragh Stakelhum on for Tipp but this is suddenly all Waterford!
Waterford 1-16 Tipperary 1-21
51 mins - Tipperary arrest some momentum, Eoghan Connolly spears a ball over the bar after -yet again- John McGrath retains possession under massive pressure.
Then Jake Morris tags on another point to push the gap back to five.
Waterford 1-16 Tipperary 1-21
53 mins - Kevin Mahony returns Waterford to their silly profligacy. He tries an ambitious effort from a tight angle and it naturally goes wide.
Waterford 2-16 Tipperary 1-21
GOAL!
55 mins – Stephen Bennett are you serious! Bennett wins the ball in front, then hits the brakes to send his marker flying, and he then fires beyond Shelly form range! Wow!
Waterford 2-17 Tipperary 1-21
56 mins - It’s a one-point game! Dessie Hutchinson from the right-side!
And on comes Austin Gleeson for Waterford!
Waterford 2-18 Tipperary 1-21
Waterford are level!
57 mins - Sean Mackey has made a helluva impact on his debut. He wins a free off Ronan Maher and Bennett, of course, converts.
Waterford, 11 down at the break, are level with 13 minutes to go!
Waterford 2-19 Tipperary 1-22
58 mins - Tipp retake the lead, Stefan Tobin is in off the bench and nails an effort off his right.
Tadhg De Burca is on for Waterford; Blood sub reversed with Tynan back from Tipp.
But then Bennett is at it again, this time to the left-side, collects the ball, hits the brakes to lose his marker and taps over to equalise again.
Waterford 2-19 Tipperary 1-23
Now it’s punch for punch. Eoghan Connolly puts Tipp ahead once again.
Then Waterford blink with their 14th wide: Paddy Leavy. Tipp have only had four wides by contrast.
Waterford 2-20 Tipperary 1-23
61 mins - Mackey is flying, fires ball into Kevin Mahony who is out in front, rounds his marker and closes in on goal but, from a tight angle, elects to flick the ball over to level it again!
Waterford 2-20 Tipperary 1-24
62 mins - Billy Nolan to the rescue again! There’s a scrum for possession from which John McGrath comes away, and he strikes the ball off the ground toward goal, but a splayed Nolan makes a stunning save with the outside of his right foot! Tipp do have a 65 from which they retake the lead.
Waterford 2-21 Tipperary 1-24
63 mins - We are level again. Gleeson’s first act is to win a free and Bennett makes it 1-08 for him so far.
Waterford 2-22 Tipperary 1-24
64 mins - Bennett!! From downtown, off his left, and converts for his first point from play and to put Waterford in front for the first time since the second minute of this game!
Waterford 2-22 Tipperary 1-24
66 mins - This is incredible stuff from Stephen Bennett. Waterford survive some harum-scarum defending, lorry it clear, and Bennett takes the ball one handed ahead of his man yet again. He is fouled as he does so and converts the free, and now Waterford lead by two!
Waterford 2-23 Tipperary 1-25
67 mins - Heavens above. Tipp keeper Shelly drops a long ball, the ball bounces off his retreating defender, but he reacts quickly to bat away the rebound from his goal, and Tipp get it clear. Darragh Stakelhum gathers and scores to halve the deficit.
Waterford 2-23 Tipperary 1-26
We are level again!
68 mins - Eoghan Connolly unloads a long-range missle from deep inside the Tipp half, and it’s a tied game!
Waterford 2-23 Tipperary 1-27
Tipp ahead!
69 mins - Oisin O’Donoghue has his fourth of the day, and now it’s Tipp’s lead. Jason Forde is on for Tipp, and he sees a shot drift wide.
Waterford 2-24 Tipperary 1-27
70 mins - Waterford level!
Sean Walsh takes the long puck-out and fires over off his right. What a game.
Waterford 2-24 Tipperary 1-28
Tipp lead!
Stefan Tobin fires over after some loose play by Waterford.
FOUR added minutes.
Waterford 2-24 Tipperary 1-29
71 mins - Jason Forde finds his range this time and it’s a two-point Tipp lead.
Austin Gleeson takes a pop but alas it’s Waterford’s 15th wide. Time running out for the Deise.
Waterford 2-24 Tipperary 1-30
73 mins - Robert Doyle does superbly to win possession against Kevin Mahony, and he is on the ground and needing treatment, seemingly after suffering a blow to the head.
It’s a free to Tipp, and Eoghan Connolly is stading over it, just in front of his 45 line. He gives it away, but Waterford can’t win possession.
Play sloshes back and forth and Waterford win a free: Gleeson plays it quickly but clumsily gives it away, from where Tipp sweep forward and score through Ronan Maher.
What could have been a one point game is now three!
Waterford 3-24 Tipperary 1-30
GOAL!!!!
Waterford equalise with the last puck of the game!
74 mins - Insane. Nolan launches it to the Tipp box, Bennett knocks it down and Kevin Mahony pounces and rifles the ball to the net!
WOW!
Full-time: Waterford 3-24 Tipperary 1-30
And it ends with that, another Munster classic. The game which neither side could lose ends with…neither side losing it. Mahony’s goal equalised with effectively the last puck of the game.
Waterford were torpid in the first half and trailed by 11 points at the break, but they came roaring out of the traps, and Darragh McCarthy’s missed penalty coupled with Stephen Bennett and Mahony’s goals means it has finished level. Virtuoso performances by veteran forwards John McGrath and Stephen Bennett.
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