McMahon brace gives Banner the edge

Clare 3-14 Limerick IT 0-15

“We were missing Seamus Callinan, Sean Collins, James McInerney and Joe Canning today — all good lads. But we are delighted that we got that game. I didn’t care that much about winning it because Wednesday week (and the Fitzgibbon Cup) is when we really want to win.”

The game’s turning point came in the 51st minute. With the students leading by a point (0-11 to 0-10), Banner centre-forward Diarmuid McMahon grabbed two goals inside 60 seconds after good work on both occasions by impressive youngster Conor McGrath. McMahon’s brace handed the initiative back to the Banner men and sub Adrian Donovan added a third to book their place in the last four.

Scorers for Clare: D McMahon (2-2), C Ryan 0-4 (0-2f), A Donovan (1-0), F Lynch, C McGrath (0-1f) 0-3 each, D Morey, C McInerney (0-1) each.

Scorers for Limerick IT: W Hyland 0-6 (0-2f), B Gaffney 0-5 (0-3f, 0-1 ‘65), S Lambert, M Flaherty, P Browne, P O’Brien (0-1) each.

CLARE: P Brennan; M Earley, C Dillon, J Gunning; C O’Doherty, J McInerney, L Markham; N O’Connell, C Ryan; F Lynch, D McMahon, C Tierney; C McGrath, D Morey, C McInerney.

Subs: C O’Donovan for Morey (half-time), A Donovan for Tierney (51).

LIMERICK IT: M Ryan (Tipperary); E Glynn (Clare), C Cowen (Tipperary), C Cooney (Clare); J Hayes (Limerick), P Donnellan (Clare), J O’Keeffe (Tipperary); P Browne (Limerick), P O’Brien (Limerick); S Lambert (Galway), W Hyland (Laois), S Tobin (Limerick); P Landers (Galway), B Gaffney (Clare), M Flaherty (Clare).

Subs: D Reale (Limerick) for Gaffney (56), M Duggan (Clare) for Landers (57), B Glynn (Clare) for Tobin (66).

Referee: M O’Connor (Limerick)

Waterford IT1-11 University of Limerick 1-9 (Abandoned after 48 mins)

by Cormac Liddy

THIS Waterford Crystal hurling tie was abandoned on Saturday due to dense fog after 48 minutes with Waterford IT leading by two points Switched from Limerick to Newtownshandrum and with the starting time changed there was a poor attendance.

The sides were level at the interval (UL 1-4 Waterford IT 0-7). The Limerick goal was scored by Tommy Connors of Waterford but a goal by Kieran Grehan after 40 minutes from an Adam Brophy delivery had Waterford in front 1-9 to 1-7 and both sides had two further points before Cork referee Diarmuid Kirwan called a halt.

With the Fitzgibbon Cup looming, finding a refixture date could be a problem for Munster chiefs.

Scorers for Waterford IT: K Grehan 1-2, T Hammersley 0-4 (0-2f), S Power, M Sheedy 0-2 each, B Burke 0-1.

Scorers for UL: A Quinn 0-5 (0-3f), T Connors 1-0,J Brennan, A Hogan, P Kelly (0-1f), P Cronin 0-1 each Referee: D Kirwan, Cork.