John Meyler has reacted to Cork’s defeat to Tipperary by making four changes for tomorrow’s Munster SHC Round 2 in the LIT Gaelic Grounds.

Castlelyons’ Niall O’Leary is the new face in the named Cork team to take on Tipperary in Sunday’s Munster SHC Round 1 clash as John Meyler goes with 13 of the team that were defeated by Limerick in last year’s All-Ireland semi-final.

Cork must beat Tipperary in Thurles next Sunday to have a chance of avoiding a relegation play-off after this third consecutive defeat.

After this game in Walsh Park Waterford manager Derek McGrath, who’d just seen his side beaten well by Kilkenny, was asked if the Cats had done a Waterford on Waterford.

Waterford 0-19 Wexford 2-20: Wexford’s match sharpness was a critical ingredient in their emphatic win over Waterford in this Allianz Division 1A opener at Walsh Park yesterday.

This NHL 1A clash went to the visitors Wexford in front of a crowd of 7,567.

Two goals in the space of a second-half minute sent Waterford into their first All-Ireland final in nine years, their seventh in total, as Cork were left to rue Damien Cahalane’s 51st minute red card, writes John Fogarty.

Wexford were outwitted and outworked by a Waterford team who will feel there is still plenty in them after this handsome win, writes John Fogarty.

A Maurice Shanahan goal in the second half of additional time set Waterford on their way to a historic and captivating championship victory over Kilkenny in Thurles.

Cork set up a first Munster final date with Clare since 1999 with a polished performance against a supposedly wilier Waterford outfit in a sun-drenched Semple Stadium.

Galway 2-22 Waterford 2-19

Cork had the upper hand in windy Walsh Park, winning by eight points against an off-colour Waterford side.

Allianz HL Division 1A

Kilkenny had to rely on a Walter Walsh goal to help them avoid a first championship defeat to Waterford since the 1959 All-Ireland final.

Silvermines (Tipperary) 0-13 An Rinn (Waterford) 0-11

Although there was never a doubt about a decisive Kerry victory in last night’s Munster MFC losers group game at Fraher Field, Dungarvan, the quality of the Kingdom display raises serious questions about their ability to win the provincial title.

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Connacht 1-20 Munster 1-16

Munster 1-16, Connacht 1-20

THE Munster hurling team to play Connacht in the semi-final of the Railway Cup at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick tomorrow includes the Ó hAilpín brothers, Seán Óg and Setanta.

Tipperary 2-16, Offaly 2-11

TIPPERARY have given a starting place to John Carroll for Sunday’s Guinness All-Ireland senior hurling championship quarter-final clash with Offaly at Croke Park and have switched Lar Corbett to full-forward for the eagerly-awaited showdown.

Tipperary 1-18

Clare 2-17 Tipperary 0-14

Tipperary 0-22

Tipperary 3-15 Galway 2-18

Tipperary 2-19

Tipperary 3-21

OUTSTANDING full-back Philip Maher, who missed last weekend’s victory over Limerick because of ‘flu, returns to the Tipperary team for Sunday’s clash with Wexford in the Allianz NHL at Semple Stadium, Thurles.

DESPITE the comprehensive win nature of their side’s victory over Offaly in the opening round, the Tipperary selectors have made six changes for next Saturday’s meeting with Munster rivals Limerick in the Allianz NHL at Thurles.