Tipp stride on to Munster semi-final

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.

Tipperary’s foundations for victory were laid in the opening half when, playing into the very strong wind, they were gifted a goal inside five minutes.

Waterford goalkeeper Dwane Kirwan fumbled Gavin Ryan’s speculative drive and the ball wormed past him into the net. It was a setback from which the home county never seemed to recover.