A finely-tuned Tipperary side had little difficulty in disposing of Limerick in the ESB Munster MHC semi-final at Semple Stadium last night and set up a final meting with Cork on the last Sunday in June.

THE Limerick team to play Clare in the ESB Munster MHC semi-final qualifier in Cusack Park tonight (6.30pm), shows six changes from the team trounced by Cork in the first round.

Cork 2-17 Limerick 1-3

HOLDERS Cork will field seven of the squad which trounced Limerick in last year’s provincial final in tomorrow night’s opening round of the ESB Munster Minor Hurling Championship at the Gaelic Grounds (6.30).

THE Limerick team to play Galway in Sunday’s All Ireland minor hurling championship final shows one change from the side which defeated Dublin the semi-final.

Galway 1-18 Limerick 2-14

Cork 2-18 Limerick 1-12

Limerick 3-21 Antrim 2-12

Limerick 3-21 Antrim 2-12

Clare 1-17 Cork 1-16

Cork 5-9 Antrim 2-11

Garryspillane 2-16 Ballybrown 2-7

GOALKEEPER Davy Fitzgerald and full back Brian Lohan return to the Clare team for next Sunday’s opening round of the Munster SHC against Waterford at Semple Stadium, Thurles.

Clare 2-20 Cork 0-18

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.

JOE DEANE will miss Cork’s NHL opener after he hobbled out of this highly competitive challenge with Galway at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday.

CLARE captain Sean McMahon’s place at centre-back in the Clare team will be taken by Clarecastle’s Conor Plunkett for Sunday’s Guinness Munster hurling semi-final against Cork in Thurles (4.15).

Clare 2-17 Tipperary 0-14

Tipperary 0-22

NOEL MORRIS, who broke his leg in the autumn, returns at midfield in to the Tipperary team for the first time since last year’s championship for Sunday’s glamour Allianz National Hurling League tie with Kilkenny at Nowlan Park.

FORMER Tipperary star Andy Moloney has been sensationally recalled at centre-forward on the Waterford team for Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling semi-final against Clare.

A BUSINESS trip to America has ruled Eddie Enright out of the Tipperary side for next Sunday's Guinness All-Ireland SHC quarter-final clash with Antrim at Croke Park.