Munster Minor Football Championship 2010

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Fixture Details

MUNSTER GAA MINOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP 2010

SATURDAY APRIL 24th

Play Off 2

@ Semple Stadium, Thurles

Tipperary v Clare

at 7.00pm

Winners to play Cork in Semi Final on May 12th.

Reiteoir – Martin Collins (Corcaigh)

Extra time in the event of a Draw at the end of 60 minutes

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MUNSTER MINOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP 2010 QUARTER FINALS

WEDNESDAY APRIL 28th

@ Pairc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
Cork v Tipperary
at 6.30pm
Reiteoir - Michael O'Connor (Luimneach)

@ Walsh Park, Waterford
Waterford v Clare
at 6.30pm
Reiteoir - Colm Lyons (Corcaigh)

@ Kilmallock
Limerick v Kerry
at 6.30pm
Reiteoir - Damien Fox (An Clár)


Extra time in the event of a Draw at the end of 60 minutes in all games


Munster Minor Hurling Championship Draw

1 QF Cork v Tipperary  28/04 Pairc Ui Chaoimh
 
2 QF Waterford v Clare  28/04 Walsh Park 

3 QF Limerick v Kerry  28/04 Kilmallock 

4 Play-Off 1  Loser of 2  Loser of 3  01/05   
5 Play-Off 2  Loser of 1  Winner of 4  05/05   

Semi Final  Winner of 1  Winner of 3  24/06   
Semi Final   Winner of 2  Winner of 5  24/06 

Final      11/07

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Minor Football Championship Quarter Final - Tipperary 1-8; Clare 1-3.   Tipp now play Cork in the semi final in Thurles.  Limerick play Kerry in the other semi final.  Both games are fixed for 12th May.

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Munster Minor Hurling Championship 2010 Quarter Finals

Wednesday April 28th

@ Pairc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
Cork 2-31 Tipperary 4-22   After Extra Time
Full Time: Cork 2-21 Tipperary 3-18


@ Walsh Park, Waterford
Waterford 1-21 Clare 0-16

@ Kilmallock
Limerick 2-13 Kerry 1-13



Munster Minor Hurling Championship Draw

1 QF Cork 2-31 Tipperary 4-22 A.E.T.
 
2 QF Waterford 1-21 Clare 0-16

3 QF Limerick 2-13 Kerry 1-13

4 Play-Off 1  Clare v Kerry  01/05   
5 Play-Off 2  Tipperary v Clare or Kerry  05/05   

Semi Final  Cork v Limerick 24/06   
Semi Final   Waterford v Winner of 5  24/06 

Final      11/07

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Hartnett's tour-de-force helps Cork pip Tipperary

Cork 2-31 Tipperary 4-22 (After extra-time)

BRIAN HARTNETT inspired Cork to a hard-earned victory over Tipperary in the Munster Minor Hurling Quarter-Final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh last evening,

The dynamic corner-forward scored all his side's six points in the second-half of extra-time.

The teams were level 12 times during a high-scoring encounter.

Tipperary full-forward Aidan McCormack claimed a hat-trick of goals as the counties finished 2-21 to 3-18 after the hour. A fourth goal from Cathal Horan helped Tipperary to a 4-20 to 2-25 interval advantage after the first period of extra-time time before Hartnett cut loose on the resumption.

CORK: G Minhane; D Lester, F O'Mahony, D Stokes; C Joyce, D O'Carroll, T McGuinness; N Kelly (0-1), D Sweetnam (0-2); S O'Keeffe (0-2), S Moore (0-3), C Lehane (0-6); J Coughlan (1-0 penalty), M Howard (0-1), B Hartnett (1-14, seven frees). Subs: K Buckley for McGuinness (42 mins), R O'Shea for Howard (44), J Wall (0-2) for O'Moore (46 mins), C Spillane for Stokes (59 mins).

TIPPERARY: D Reddan; C Barrett, A Ryan, P Dunne; S Kennedy, B Stapleton (0-1), J Meagher; D Flynn, J Forde; D McCormack (0-1), N OMeara (0-3), T Heffernan; L McGrath (0-10 frees), A McCormack (3-0), C Horan (1-2). Subs: J Cahill for Kennedy (23 mins), D Butler (0-1) for Heffernan (47), M OBrien (0-4) for Forde (48), J ODwyer for Dunne (55).

Referee: M OConnor (Limerick).


Limerick made to work hard for their passage

Limerick 2-13 Kerry 1-13

LIMERICK GOT a fright before edging out a gallant Kerry at Kilmallock last night.

Limerick led 1-3 to 0-0 after 10 minutes with Michael Ryan getting the goal. Four John Fitzgibbon frees helped them ease into a 1-8 to 0-5 interval lead.

A second Limerick goal 40 seconds into the second half looked to have put the home side in cruise control.

But a goal by Pádraig Boyle two minutes later lifted Kerry's hopes and with Shane Dunne scoring six points, five frees, and Brendan Brosnan contributing four (three frees and a 65) it meant that Limerick had to battle for survival after Kerry upped their game considerably after the interval.

LIMERICK: E Webb; A Dempsey, M O'Loughlin, B Hannigan; T Ryan, D Hannon, K O'Donnell; C O'Riordan, M O'Connell; D Morrissey (1-0), W Hickey, J Mulcahy (0-1); S Dowling (0-2), J Fitzgibbon (0-4, frees), Michael Ryan (1-5). Subs, M Fitzgibbon for Hickey (24 mins), Mark Ryan for Mulcahy (36 mins), J Ahern (0-1) for Morrissey, (44 mins), D Murphy for O'Connell (52 mins).

KERRY: N Leen: B Murphy, S Dowling, D Fitzelle; T Maunsell, B Brosnan (0-4, three frees, one 65), T Barrett; S Weir (0-1), J Bowler; P Boyle (1-1), T Doyle, M Delaney; C McCarthy (0-1), A Fealy, S Dunne (0-6, five frees). Subs: D Collins for Maunsell (42 mins), D Casey for Fealy (46 mins), T Moore for J Bowler, (54 mins).

Referee: D Fox (Clare).


Heffernan's super strike sets Waterford up nicely

Waterford 1-21 Clare 0-16

THE DEFENDING champions, Waterford qualified for the Munster semi-final with a comfortable win over a disappointing Clare side in Walsh Park last night.

Following a smart point by the excellent Jake Dillon, Waterford were boosted in the 11th minute when full forward Cormac Heffernan latched on to Pauric Mahony's low ball form and first-timed it to the back of the Clare net.

Waterford took their foot off the pedal in the second half, but early points from corner forwards Dillon and the excellent Stephen Roche banished any hopes of a Clare comeback.

Waterford will play the winners of the round-robin play-offs. Clare, on the other hand are back in action this Saturday against Kerry.

WATERFORD: D Duggan; J Barron, S O'Keeffe, L Egan; M O'Neill, D Fives, E Madigan (0-1); P Prendergast (0-3), G O'Brien; C Curran, E Murphy (0-3), P Mahony (0-7, frees); S Roche (0-4), C Heffernan (1-0) J Dillon (0-3). Subs: S Ryan for M O'Neill, C Chester for C Heffernan.

CLARE: R Taaffe; H Vaughan, N Purcell, S Morey; P Flanagan (0-1), K Lynch, S O'Halloran; P Collins (0-1), T Kelly; D O'Halloran (0-1), D Keane, A Cunningham (0-1); A Mulready, N Arthur (0-10; eight frees), C Galvin (0-1). Subs: J Shanahan for A Cunningham, D McInerney (0-1) for D Keane, C OConnell for A Mulready, E Boyce for H Vaughan

Referee: C Lyons (Cork)

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Cork 2-31 Tipperary 4-22 After Extra Time

By Fintan O'Toole

Thursday, April 29, 2010

AFTER the stunning heights they scaled last year in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, it seemed too much to hope for more memorable action when the Cork and Tipperary minor hurlers convened at the same venue for last night's ESB Munster MHC quarter-final. Instead they surpassed last June's fare to conjure up as spellbinding a game imaginable, packed with top-class individual displays, brilliant score-taking and a fitting finale as extra-time was required to produce a winner.  The tie ebbed and flowed for 80 odd minutes but ultimately it took the critical intervention of Cork corner-forward Brian Hartnett who, having impressed throughout, really excelled in the second half of extra-time as he transformed a 2-25 to 4-20 deficit in the 70th minute into a 2-31 to 4-22 advantage in the 80th minute, by weighing in with six points.

Hartnett wound up with a dazzling 1-14 return to show for his night's work and while his polished point-taking from play and frees was key, it was the beautiful diving flick to the net in the 49th minute that was his standout moment. Cork had other heroes on the night. Conor Lehane terrorised the Tipperary half-back line by popping over six points from play, Stephen Moore used his physical presence to good effect in attack while midfielder Darren Sweetnam controlled matters in his sector for long stages.  It was a tough defeat for Tipperary to absorb considering the magnitude of their performance. Liam McGrath produced a flawless display of marksmanship in converting 10 placed balls while Aidan McCormack's predatory instincts were reflected in his three-goal tally. Full-back Andrew Ryan was in immense form, Niall O'Meara worked diligently at centre-forward and Michael O'Brien illustrated what a loss he was to the team from the start through injury, by grabbing four points when sprung from the bench. They had cause to complain as well at the decision not to be awarded a penalty in the 59th minute when McCormack looked to be clearly pushed near goal.

Cork made the hard yards early on with Sweetnam and Lehane pushing them into a 0-5 to 0-2 advantage by the 11th minute. But Cork's dominance counted for little when a rapid Tipperary burst yielded a neat goal by McCormack in the 14th minute and a stylish point by O'Meara two minutes later. Despite trailing by a point, Cork never seemed unnerved and thanks to the consistent high standards of shooting that Lehane and Hartnett were employing, they ploughed back in the lead. They were 0-9 to 1-3 ahead by the 24th minute, and although Cathal Horan looked a dangerous operator for Tipperary close to goal, it was still Cork in the ascendancy with an 0-11 to 1-6 advantage at the interval.

The action was cranked up a few notches at the break as the scores started to tot up with greater frequency. Jamie Coughlan hammered home a penalty to give Cork a huge boost in the 32nd minute, but between them Liam McGrath and Aidan McCormack wiped out that lead with a 1-2 blast to draw level by the 35th minute. The teams stuck close to each other for a time as they traded points but despite McGrath's relentless accuracy from frees, Cork were looking stronger and crafted a magnificent goal in the 49th minute. Shane O'Keeffe bustled through before offloading to Coughlan, who arrowed in a cross that Hartnett dived to flick to the net at the back post.  That sent Cork 2-16 to 2-12 in front but Tipperary's response was impressive with McCormack expertly drilling in his third goal in the 52nd minute and O'Brien emerging as an attacking threat. When McGrath tapped over a 62nd minute free they looked on the cusp of victory but sub Jamie Wall did brilliantly to engineer the space to grab a last-gasp point for Cork to send the match to extra-time.  Prospects of a replay could not be dispelled as the match remained tight in extra-time, with Wall and Lehane striking early points for Cork before O'Meara and O'Brien pegged them back for Tipperary. Matters seemed to turn crucially in their direction when Horan buried a shot to the net after Gary Minihane spilled the ball in the 69th minute, but Hartnett's scoring spree proved most decisive.

Scorers for Cork: B Hartnett 1-14 (0-7f), C Lehane 0-6, J Coughlan 1-0 (1-0 pen), S Moore 0-3, D Sweetnam, J Wall, S O'Keeffe 0-2 each, N Kelly, M Howard 0-1 each.

Scorers for Tipperary: L McGrath 0-10 (0-10f), A McCormack 3-0, C Horan 1-2, M O'Brien 0-4, N O'Meara 0-3, D McCormack, D Butler, B Stapleton 0-1 each.

CORK: G Minihane; D Lester, F O'Mahony, D Stokes; C Joyce, D O'Carroll, T McGuinness; N Kelly, D Sweetnam; S O'Keeffe, S Moore, C Lehane; J Coughlan, M Howard, B Hartnett.
Subs: K Buckley for McGuinness (42), R O'Shea for Howard (44), J Wall for Moore (55), C Spillane for Stokes (59), Stokes for O'Carroll (60), Moore for Buckley (60), Buckley for Stokes (69), Howard for Kelly (70), B Murray for O'Shea (73).

TIPPERARY: D Reddan; C Barrett, A Ryan, P Dunne; S Kennedy, B Stapleton, J Meagher; D Flynn, J Forde; D McCormack, N O'Meara, T Heffernan; L McGrath, A McCormack, C Horan.
Subs: J Cahill for Kennedy (23), D Butler for Heffernan (47), M O'Brien for Forde (49), J McGrath for D McCormack (53), J O'Dwyer for Dunne (56), Forde for Flynn (60), L Treacy for Forde (70), Flynn for J McGrath (70), D McCormack for L McGrath (77).

Referee: Michael O'Connor (Limerick).

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Munster Minor Hurling Championship
PLAY OFF (1)

SATURDAY MAY 1st

@ Cusack Park, Ennis
Clare v Kerry
at 6.30pm

Extra time in the event of a Draw at the end of 60 minutes.

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Munster Minor Hurling Championship 2010

1 QF Cork 2-31 Tipperary 4-22 A.E.T.
 
2 QF Waterford 1-21 Clare 0-16

3 QF Limerick 2-13 Kerry 1-13

4 Play-Off 1  Clare 1-21 Kerry 2-07  Saturday May 1st
   
5 Play-Off 2  Clare v Tipperary  05/05   

Semi Final  Cork v Limerick 24/06   
Semi Final   Waterford v Winner of 5  24/06 

Final      11/07


Munster Minor Hurling Championship  Play Off (2)

Wednesday May 5th

@ Cusack Park, Ennis
Clare v Tipperary
at 6.30pm
Reiteoir - Pat Casey (Port Lairge)

Extra time in the event of a Draw at the end of 60 minutes.

[Onlooker]

Surprising result in the Munster Minor Hurling Quarter Final tonight, with Clare beating Tipperary by 0-17 to 1-13.  Clare now play Limerick in the semi final and Cork play Waterford in the other semi final.  Could be a Clare/Waterford final.  Hopefully, the Tipp minor footballers will get a better result in the semi final against Cork next week.

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The original Munster Hurling draw as put out by the Munster Council.

Munster Minor Hurling Championship Draw

1 QF Cork v Tipperary  28/04 Pairc Ui Chaoimh
 
2 QF Waterford v Clare  28/04 Walsh Park 

3 QF Limerick v Kerry  28/04 Kilmallock 

4 Play-Off 1  Loser of 2  Loser of 3  01/05   
5 Play-Off 2  Loser of 1  Winner of 4  05/05   

Semi Final  Winner of 1  Winner of 3  24/06   
Semi Final   Winner of 2  Winner of 5  24/06 

Final      11/07

An image donated by poster deiseach in case anyone is or was imagining that they imagined it.


The results up to the Semi Finals.
Munster Minor Hurling Championship 2010
1 QF Cork 2-31 Tipperary 4-22 A.E.T.
 
2 QF Waterford 1-21 Clare 0-16

3 QF Limerick 2-13 Kerry 1-13

4 Play-Off 1  Clare 1-21 Kerry 2-07
   
5 Play-Off 2  Clare 0-17 Tipperary 1-13 
 
And now.
Munster Minor Hurling Championship Semi Finals
Cork v Waterford  24/06
Limerick v Clare     24/06

Haven't seen an explanation for this anywhere yet.

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Wednesday April 14th
Munster GAA Minor Football Quarter Finals
Kerry 1-12 Tipperary 2-07

Limerick 3-10 Waterford 2-04

Clare 0-09 Cork 1-09                                   

Monday April 19th
Play Off 1
Clare 4-10 Waterford 1-06 

Saturday April 24th
Play Off 2
Tipperary 1-08 Clare 0-03


Wednesday May 12th
Semi Final
Limerick v Kerry  Newcastle West 7-00pm

Semi Final
Tipperary v Cork Thurles 7-00pm


July 4th
Final

[Onlooker]

Tipperary team to play Cork on Wednesday night has been picked.  Same team as beat Clare in the last round, with a few positional switches from midfield up.  Tipp beat Cork in the semi final last year.  Is it too much to hope for a repeat on Wednesday.  Fingers crossed anyway.

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ESB Munster Minor Football Semi Finals- Live scores & Results – Wednesday 12th May

Wednesday 12 May

ESB Munster MFC semi-finals

Limerick v Kerry, Newcastlewest, 7.00pm

Tipperary v Cork, Thurles, 7.00pm

PaddyPower betting
1/7 Kerry 10/1 Limerick 9/2
2/5 Cork 15/2 Tipperary 11/5

http://paddypower.com/ppc-pages/multisport.html?AFF_ID=10051291

KERRY1 Padraic McCarthy Rathmore 2 Pa Kilkenny Glenbeigh/Glencar 3 David Culhane Ballylongford 4 Fearghal McNamara Austin Stacks 5 James Walsh Knocknagoshel (Captain) 6 Laurence Bastible John Mitchels 7 Jason Hickson Annascaul 8 Damien Somers St Senans 9 George Durrant Dingle 10 Mark Reen Rathmore 11 Thomas Hickey Desmonds 12 Gary O'Leary Kilcummin 13 Gavin O' Grady Glenbeigh/Glencar 14 Shaun Keane Legion 15 Eanna O'Connor St Michaels Foilmore
Substitutes: 16 Damien Horgan St.Marys Caherciveen 17 Barry Dwyer Waterville 18 Andrew Thompson Kerins O'Rahillys 19 Tadhg Morley Templenoe 20 Chris O' Leary Kilcummin 21 Padráig Boyle Ballyduff 22 Tom Moriarty Legion 23 Conor Cox Listowel Emmets 24 Daniel Daly St.Marys Caherciveen
Bainisteoir : Pat O'Driscoll Ardfert.
Roghnóirí: John Shanahan, Willie Maher, Padraig Corkery and Michael Moynihan

LIMERICK: J Greaney (St Kierans); S Reynolds (Adare), S O'Connor (Fr Caseys), B McCarthy (St Kierans); M O'Leary (Newcastlewest), J O'Meara (Ballysteen), B O'Doherty (Newcastlewest); I Corbett (Newcastlewest), P Scanlon (Glin); B Noonan (Drom/Broadford), M Brosnahan (Drom/Broadford), P O'Donnell (Galbally); J Lee (Newcastlewest), D Treacy (St Kierans), D Frewen (Ballylanders)

Tipperary – Paul Nolan (Clonmel Commercials), Paddy Dalton (Arravale Rovers), Conor O'Sullivan (Galtee Rovers), Padraig O'Meara (Shannon Rovers), Bill Maher (Kilsheelan/Kilcash), Michael O'Sullivan (Ardfinnan), Shane Taylor (Clonmel Commercials), Donagh Leahy (Arravale Rovers), John O'Callaghan (Ballyporeen), Liam McGrath (Loughmore Castleiney), Benny Harkin (Borris-Ileigh), Shane Leahy (Arravale Rovers), Liam Boland (Moyle Rovers), Liam Treacy (Loughmore Castleiney), Billy Hewitt (Ardfinnan).


http://www.sportsnewsireland.com/2010/05/12/esb-munster-minor-football-semi-finals-live-scores-results-wednesday-12th-may/

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ESB Munster MFC semi-finals

Limerick 0-02 0-03 Kerry, Newcastlewest, 7.00pm

Tipperary 0-01 1-04 Cork, Thurles, 7.00pm

http://www.sportsnewsireland.com/2010/05/12/esb-munster-minor-football-semi-finals-live-scores-results-wednesday-12th-may/

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Final score in Thurles - Cork 2-12; Tipperary 2-9.  Cork were 11 points in front before Tipp scored a goal on the stroke of half time, to leave a half time score of 2-7 to 1-2.  Tipp were certainly the better team in the second half and outscored Cork by 1-7 to 0-5, but we had left ourselves with too much to do.  Tipp missed at least 5 kickable frees and if we had a reliable free taker, I think we would have won the game as most of these missed frees were in the first half and we should have been within 2 or 3 points at half time.  A decent display by Tipp against a Cork team who physically stronger and played with more pace to their game, but IMO Tipp were the better footballers and a decent number should move up to Under 21 and maybe Senior in time.