Not for the first time this decade, Tipperary are setting themselves up to be the feelgood story of the football season.

Tipperary showed tremendous composure to finish strongly and book their place in a first ever Eirgrid All-Ireland U21FC final.

The mini-truck carrying close to 30 Tipperary U21 footballers edged through the town of Templemore close to midnight.

Tipperary 0-15 Clare 0-07: Tommy Toomey conceded his Tipperary U21 footballers will have to improve considerably to shock Cork in the EirGrid provincial decider.

Connacht semi-final: Roscommon v Sligo, Kiltoom, 7.30pm.

Fresher Football League: UCC 1-20 Maynooth University 0-11: A third quarter scoring flurry sealed victory for UCC’s Freshers at Carriganore yesterday and a place in the Division 1 League final.

Tipperary 0-19 Waterford 2-03

Tipperary 0-17 Limerick 1-17

Tipperary 0-11 Cork 0-8

Michael Hurley has been named at in attack in the only change to the Cork side for this evening’s Electric Ireland Munster MFC semi-final with Tipperary in Semple Stadium (7.30).

Castletroy College 0-09 Clonmel High School 0-09

CBS High School, Clonmel 0-13 St Colman’s College, Fermoy 0-13

Tipperary manager David Power was “lost for words” after his side relinquished their All-Ireland MFC crown last Saturday at Croke Park.