WIT go through after tough encounter

Waterford IT 2-14 Cork IT 1-9

The quality of the hurling never quite matched the magnificent playing surface, but the exchanges were keen and competitive with an improved second half providing an exciting spectacle as Cork tried valiantly, but ultimately unsuccessfully, to defend a tenuous three-point interval lead.

With John Gardiner superbly shoring up their defence from his pivotal berth, and Christy Murphy doing trojan work beside him, Cork IT made it difficult for WIT for much of that second half.