Limerick minors bounce back to end Tipperary’s campaign

Tipperary 0-11 Limerick 3-8: They contested Electric Ireland Munster and All-Ireland minor football finals in 2015 but Tipperary will play no further part in this year’s campaign after being dumped out by Limerick in Thurles last evening.

The Shannonsiders were full value for a six-point win to set up a clash against Waterford next week, with the winners to play Cork in the Munster semi-final. It was Cork who defeated Tipp last week at Páirc Uí Rinn and a second defeat in a week for Mick O’Sullivan’s Premier County ends their 2016 campaign prematurely.

O’Sullivan was also sent to the stands in the second-half following a verbal altercation with an official on a forgettable evening for Tipp. But credit Limerick with an impressive display as the Treaty boys bounced back from their one-point defeat to Clare in Miltown-Malbay last week. And maybe this win shouldn’t have come as too much of a surprise when you consider Limerick had 12 wides in the second-half of the Clare game.