All Ireland S.H.C Semi-Finals

[Lecale2]

Against all expectations Waterford have improved this year but I still take Tipp to win by 3.

[lilpaulie85]

WATERFORD team for tomorrow -- C Hennessy; E Murphy, L Lawlor, N Connors; T Browne, M Walsh, D Prendergast; S O'Sullivan, R Foley; K Moran, S Molumphy (Capt), E Kelly; J Mullane, S Walsh, S Prendergast. Does anyone know the tipp team?

[Minder]

WATERFORD team for tomorrow -- C Hennessy; E Murphy, L Lawlor, N Connors; T Browne, M Walsh, D Prendergast; S O'Sullivan, R Foley; K Moran, S Molumphy (Capt), E Kelly; J Mullane, S Walsh, S Prendergast. Does anyone know the tipp team?

Same as Galway match bar John O'Brien in for David Young.

Tipperary (SH v Waterford): B Cummins; P Stapleton, P Curran, M Cahill; D Fanning, C O'Mahony, P Maher; B Maher, S McGrath; G Ryan, P Maher, J O'Brien; N McGrath, L Corbett, E Kelly.

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Kilkenny are through to the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final for the 11th time in 13 seasons as they pursue the historic five-in-a-row but have been rocked by the loss of star forward Henry Shefflin. They will know their opponents on Sunday evening after the meeting of Waterford & Tipperary.

Team News
Waterford keep the same team that defeated Cork in the Munster final

Waterford (Senior Hurling v Tipperary) -
C Hennessy; E Murphy, L Lawlor, N Connors; T Browne, M Walsh, D Prendergast; S O'Sullivan, R Foley; K Moran, S Molumphy (Capt), E Kelly; J Mullane, S Walsh, S Prendergast.

Only one change to the Tipperary team with John O'Brien comes into the team in place of David Young with Shane McGrath moving to midfield replacing Young

Tipperary (Senior Hurling Championship v Waterford) – Brendan Cummins (Ballybacon-Grange), Paddy Stapleton (Borris-Ileigh), Paul Curran (Mullinahone), Michael Cahill (Thurles Sarsfields), Declan Fanning (Killenaule), Conor O'Mahony (Newport), Padraic Maher (Thurles Sarsfields), Brendan Maher (Borris-Ileigh), Shane McGrath (Ballinahinch), Gearóid Ryan (Templederry Kenyons), Patrick Maher (Lorrha & Dorrha), John O'Brien (Toomevara), Noel McGrath (Loughmore Castleiney), Eoin Kelly (Mullinahone), Lar Corbett (Thurles Sarsfields).

Preview
Tipperary are bidding to set up a re-run of last year's final where they lost to Kilkenny while Waterford are trying to set-up a re-run of the 2008 final when they too lost to Kilkenny.
Waterford go into the game as Munster champions, having beaten Clare and Cork (in a replay) while Tipperary lost to Cork in the Munster quarter-final but revived their All-Ireland ambitions with qualifier wins over Wexford and Offaly before turning in an excellent performance when beating Galway by a point in the All-Ireland quarter-final.
Tipperary and Waterford last clashed in the championship in the 2009 Munster final which Tipperary won by 4-14 to 2-16 but, a year earlier, Waterford had two points to spare (1-20 to 1-18) over Tipperary in the All-Ireland semi-final.Tipperary are bidding to win the All-Ireland title for the first time since 2001 while Waterford's last success was in 1959 when they beat Kilkenny in a replay.

Paths to the semi-final
Tipperary
Cork 3-15 Tipperary 0-14 (Munster quarter-final)
Tipperary 3-24 Wexford 0-19 (Qualifier Round 1)
Tipperary 0-21 Offaly 1-12 (Qualifier Round 3)
Tipperary 3-17 Galway 3-16 (All-Ireland quarter-final)
Average For: 2-18 Average Against: 2-15
Tipperary scorers
Eoin Kelly....................1-33 (0-22 frees, 0-5 '65s')
Lar Corbett.................2-10
Ger Ryan.....................1-9
Seamus Callanan.........1-2
Brendan Maher...........0-5
Noel McGrath..............0-5 (0-1 free)
John O'Brien...............0-3
Darragh Egan..............1-0
David Young...............0-3
Patrick Maher............0-3
Shane McGrath..........0-1
Timmy Hammersley..0-1
Conor O'Mahony......0-1
Waterford
Waterford 0-22 Clare 1-15 (Munster semi-final)
Waterford 2-15 Cork 2-15 (Munster final)
Waterford 1-16 Cork 1-13 (Munster final replay)
Average For: 1-18; Average Against: 1-16
Waterford scorers
Eoin Kelly.......................... 1-22 (0-16 frees, 0-1'65')
John Mullane......................0-10
Tony Browne......................1-1 (0-1 free)
Kevin Moran.......................0-4
Stephen Molumphy...........0-3
Declan Prendergast............0-3
Dan Shanahan....................1-0
Maurice Shanahan.............0-2
Seamus Prendergast..........0-2
Shane O'Sullivan...............0-2 (0-1 sideline)
Richie Foley.......................0-1
Shane Walsh......................0-1
Brian O'Halloran..............0-1
Ken McGrath.....................0-1

Last Ten Championship Meetings
2009 – Tipperary 4-14 Waterford 0-16
2008 – Waterford 1-20 Tipperary 1-18
2006 – Waterford 1-22 Tipperary 3-13
2006 – Tipperary 3-14 Waterford 1-12
2004 – Waterford 4-10 Tipperary 3-12
2002 – Waterford 2-23 Tipperary 3-12
2000 – Tipperary 0-17 Waterford 0-14
1998 – Waterford 0-21 Tipperary 2-12
1996 – Tipperary 1-14 Waterford 1-11
1995 – Tipperary 4-23 Waterford 1-11
Tipperary 5 Waterford 5

Last championship meeting
Tipperary 4-14 Waterford 2-16 (2009 Munster final)
Waterford led by 1-2 to 0-1 after six minutes before Tipperary scored six
unanswered points. A John Mullane goal put Waterford back in front but goals
by Seamus Callanan, Eoin Kelly and Lar Corbett set Tipperary on their way to
a 3-10 to 2-4 half-time lead.
A second goal by Corbett in the 41st minute helped Tipperary into a 4-14 to 2-
10 lead after 61 minutes before a late Waterford rally yielded six points.

Tipperary: Brendan Cummins; Paddy Stapleton, Paul Curran, Conor O'Brien;
Declan Fanning, Conor O'Mahony (0-1), Pádraic Maher; James Woodlock,
Shane McGrath (0-1); Pat Kerwick (0-1), Seamus Callanan (1-1), John O'Brien
(0-1); Noel McGrath (0-3), Eoin Kelly (1-3), Lar Corbett (2-2).
Subs: Brendan Maher for Curran, Willie Ryan for Kelly, Benny Dunne (0-1) for
Woodlock, Hugh Maloney for Kerwick, Micheal Webster for O'Brien.
Waterford: Clinton Hennessy; Eoin Murphy, Declan Prendergast, Noel
Connors; Tony Browne, Michael Walsh, Aidan Kearney; Kevin Moran, Shane
O'Sullivan; James Nagle, Seamus Prendergast, Jack Kennedy; John Mullane
(1-5), Stephen Molumphy (0-2), Eoin Kelly (1-7).
Subs: Dan Shanahan (0-1) for Kennedy, Eoin McGrath for Nagle, Richie Foley
(0-1) for Moran; Maurice Shanahan for Seamus Prendergast.
Last Competitive Clash
Tipperary 1-19 Waterford 2-16 (NHL, 28 March 2010), Thurles
Eoin Kelly pointed a late free to earn a draw after the sides had been level on
ten occasions. Tipperary led by 1-17 to 1-12 after 48 minutes before Waterford
battled back to earn a share of the spoils.
Tipperary: B Cummins; P Curran, P Stapleton, D Fanning; C O'Mahony, S
Maher, B Maher (0-2); S McGrath, G Ryan (0-2); L Corbett (0-4), N McGrath
(1-1), T Hammersley 0-6 (4f, 1'65), J O'Brien (0-1), P Kelly (0-2).
Subs: S Hennessy (0-1) for McGrath; M Webster for Kelly.
Waterford: C Hennessy; E Murphy, M O'Brien, N Connors; A Kearney, J Nagle
(0-1), S Fives; E Kelly (1-7, all frees), R Foley; S Prendergast (0-1), K Moran, S
O'Sullivan (0-3); S Molumphy (1-1), D Shanahan (0-2), T Ryan.
Subs: M Shanahan for Kearney; J Mullane (0-1) for Moran (ht), B Phelan for
Ryan.

Last five All-Ireland semi-final appearances
Tipperary
2009: Tipperary 6-19 Limerick 2-7
2008: Waterford 1-20 Tipperary 1-18
2003: Kilkenny 3-18 Tipperary 0-15
2002: Kilkenny 1-20 Tipperary 1-16
2001: Tipperary 3-12 Wexford 0-10 (replay)
Waterford
2009: Kilkenny 2-23 Waterford 3-15
2008: Waterford 1-20 Tipperary 1-18
2007: Limerick 5-11 Waterford 2-15
2006: Cork 1-16 Waterford 1-15
2004: Kilkenny 3-12 Waterford 0-18

All-Ireland Semi-final Records
Tipperary will be appearing in their 31thth All-Ireland semi-final on Sunday.
They won 23, lost six and drew one of their previous 30 appearances.
Waterford have played ten semi-finals, winning four and losing six.
Tipperary wins: 23 (1887-96-98-1900-06-08-09-13-16-22-25-30-45-49-50-58-
71-88-89-91-97-2001-2009)
Tipperary defeats: 6 (1924-1987-1993-2002-2003-2008)
Tipperary draws: 1 (2001 v Wexford)
Waterford wins: 4 (1938-48-57-2008)
Waterford defeats: 6 (1998-2002-2004-2006-2007-2009)

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Good man Martin Morrissey, way to miss use the word Ironic.

[AZOffaly]

Big day for that young lad. Late change for Waterford. Has Davy sprung an ace out of the pack?

[andoireabu]

not good to see croke park so empty for a semi final.  Are the tickets too dear or is it that inevitable that the cats will win it so nobody cares

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not good to see croke park so empty for a semi final.  Are the tickets too dear or is it that inevitable that the cats will win it so nobody cares

Think I heard tickers where €45, but for a Semi thats no too expensive to be honest even in a recession. Earlier rounds should have been cheaper to be honest.

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End-to-end stuff so far, 7 mins 3pts each.

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Jazus the Waterford backs where badly exposed there. The Tipp backs however are tightening the screw.

Tipp 1.07 Waterford 0.05

Waterford struggling to get past the Tipp half-back line.

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GAA Sunday – All Ireland Hurling Minor & Senior Semi finals – Team News , Live scores & Results

Waterford 0-08 1-11 Tipperary – All Hurling Semi-Final – Sunday 15th August 3:30pm
Half Time
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35+1min (T) Point Lar Corbett
34min (T) Point Eoin Kelly
33min (T) Point Noel McGrath
30min (W) Point Eoin Kelly
27min (W) Point Shane Prendergast
26min (T) Point John O'Brien
25min (W) Point Eoin Kelly
22min (T) Goal Lar Corbett
20min (T) Point John O'Brien
19min (T) Point Shane McGrath
16min (W) Point John Mullane
13min (W) Point K Moran
12min (T) Point Noel McGrath
7min (W) Point John Mullane
5min (T) Point Noel McGrath
5min (W) Point Eoin Kelly
4min (T) Point John O'Brien
3min (T) Point Noel McGrath
1min (W) Point Riche Foley
Game underway

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[muppet]

Marty Morrisey is going to have a nervous breakdown over the short puck-out. Every team should do it now just to wind him up.

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Marty Morrisey is going to have a nervous breakdown over the short puck-out. Every team should do it now just to wind him up.

There he goes again.

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Marty Morrisey is going to have a nervous breakdown over the short puck-out. Every team should do it now just to wind him up.

There he goes again.

aris 

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Game over.

Good Night Eileen