WITHOUT ever having to move into top gear, Tipperary dismissed Waterford’s feeble challenge and advanced to the semi-final of the Munster minor football championship at windswept Fraher Field, Dungarvan, last night.

A HAT-TRICK of goals by Ryan Clifford powered Cork to an emphatic victory over Waterford in a disappointing ESB Munster MHC first round tie at sun-drenched Pairc Ui Chaoimh last night.

DLS, Waterford 2-7 St Flannans 0-11

WHAT an enthralling Waterford senior hurling championship game at Fraher Field, Dungarvan, on Saturday.

DE LA SALLE, defeated in last year’s Waterford SHC final, struggled to overcome a disappointing Fourmilewater in this first round game at Fraher Field, Dungarvan on Saturday.

FOR the opening quarter of this hugely disappointing Munster MHC semi-final at Fraher Field, Dungarvan last night, Cork’s provincial title looked to be seriously under threat.

Charleville CBS 3-10 De La Salle, Waterford 2-9

Cork 1-15 Waterford 2-7

CHAMPIONS Cork make two changes from the side which defeated Kerry for tonight’s Munster MHC semi-final against Waterford at Páirc Uí Chaoimh (7pm).

IN a surprise move, the Cork selectors have named Pat Mulcahy at centre-forward on the team to meet Clare in the second phase of the Allianz NHL at Cusack Park on Sunday.

St. Josephs (Borrisoleigh) 0-15 Farranferris 0-8

De La Salle (Waterford) 4-11 Coláiste Chríost Rí 0-4

Shannon CCS 1-15 St Joseph’s, Borrisoleigh 1-9

St. Flannan’s 3-15 DLS Waterford 0-7

Clare 2-9 Waterford 1-10

Cork 0-16 Waterford 1-9

Abbeyside 2-10 De La Salle 0-11

Scoil Ruane, Killenaule 3-9