John McGrath the executioner as Tipperary bombard dismal Waterford

Tipperary 5-19 Waterford 0-13: Wind has never won a match but it is blowing strongly in Tipperary hurling’s favour now after they subjected Waterford to a second 21-point Munster final tanking in the space of five years.

Darren Gleeson’s breeze-assisted deliveries were the bane of the Waterford defence as his bombardment caused no end of difficulty for them in the third quarter when they were outscored 3-4 to 0-2, the three goals coming in seven minutes.

Man-of-the-match John McGrath was involved in them all, scoring one either side of claiming a high ball and offloading to Michael Breen, who ran 60 yards to get on the end of the pass, before scoring his fourth goal in three games.