Commercials dig deep to clinch final spot

Clonmel Commercials 4-11 Loughmore-Castleiney 4-9 (AET)

Leading by two goals with time running out, Clonmel were rocked by a brace of goals from 14-metre frees by former Tipperary All-Ireland winning captain Liam McGrath, which saw Loughmore level the scores (4-7 each).

Commercials were the better side all through. A Michael Quinlivan goal after ten minutes set them up, and though Liam McGrath netted a penalty three minutes later when John McGrath was fouled, Ian Barnes had a Commercials goal in the 24th minute to give them a 2-5 to 1-4 interval lead.