ONE-WAY traffic in this, the last of the four Tipperary senior hurling quarter-finals played in Semple Stadium at the weekend, as champions Toomevara continued their well-timed run towards retaining their title.

TIPPERARY manager Liam Sheedy introduces two newcomers to the heat of Munster senior hurling championship action for Sunday’s semi-final showdown with arch-rivals Cork at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

PAUDIE O’SULLIVAN, younger brother of full-back Diarmuid, will make his first start in this season’s League when Cork take on Galway in the semi-final at the Limerick Gaelic Grounds on Sunday.

A COLLECTIVE inability to raise themselves for the big occasion cost Cork Harlequins any chance they had of winning this Irish Junior Cup Final at the National Hockey Arena on Saturday.

BRIAN LOHAN will miss Clare’s crunch Allianz NHL Division 1A clash with Cork at Páirc Uí Rinn on Sunday. The full-back is getting married on Friday.

BRIAN MURPHY and Tom Kenny are to return to the Cork team for Sunday’s Allianz NHL clash with Waterford at Pairc Uí Rinn.

THERE were two very different reactions in Limerick yesterday to this exciting opening round of the Allianz NHL.

Limerick 0-18 Tipperary 0-12

St Brendan’s 3-12 Colaiste Choilm 2-9

TOOMEVARA’S rising young star Francis Devaney will make his Munster senior hurling championship debut for Tipperary in Sunday’s first round clash with Limerick at Semple Stadium, but there is no place for former skipper Tomas Dunne.

Galway 0-17 Tipperary 3-16

TEAM captain Brian Dooher and leading scorer Stephen O’Neill have been recalled to the Tyrone team to meet Wexford in the semi final of the Allianz National Football League at Portlaoise on Sunday.

Tipperary 1-12 Cork 0-16

Wexford 2-19, Tipperary 2-15

Limerick 3-11 Tipperary 4-14

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Toomevara 1-14 Mount Sion 1-13

Munster 1-21 Leinster 0-13

CORK are restricted to just two representatives - Ronan Curran and Joe Deane - on the Munster team to face Leinster in the M. Donnelly Interprovincial hurling semi-final in Croke Park on Sunday (12.15pm).

Ardmore 0-10 Clashmore 0-7

Ardmore 3-12 Kilmacthomas 0-5

Tipperary 3-16 Waterford 1-22

Tipperary 2-15 Galway 2-13

DIARMUID O’SULLIVAN has been given the all-clear to play with Cork in Sunday’s Allianz National Hurling League clash with Galway at Pearse Stadium.

WITH his side already through to the knockout stages of the Allianz NHL, Tipperary manager Ken Hogan has rested a number of first choice players for Sunday’s clash with Cork at Pairc Uí Chaoimh.

DAVID HOEY, Sean McMahon and Diarmuid McMahon look set to make their first Allianz NHL appearances with Clare this season when the Bannermen take on Galway in a top-of-the-table clash at Pearse Stadium on Sunday.

Tipp manager Ken Hogan is forced to make two changes for Sunday's NHL tie against Wexford. Shane Maher and Brian O'Meara are both ruled out through injury.

Tipp manager Ken Hogan is forced to make two changes for Sunday’s NHL tie against Wexford.

LIMERICK manager Pat Joe Whelahan was almost lost for words after yesterday's Allianz National Hurling League defeat by Tipperary at the magnificently redeveloped Gaelic Grounds.

TIPPERARY introduce three newcomers for their opening game in the Allianz National Hurling League against Offaly at Birr on Sunday.

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Newtownshandrum 0-15 Toomevara 1-9