Niall Hoctor pinches it for Tipperary at the death

Tipperary 4-15 Limerick 2-18: Tipperary manager Liam Cahill admitted his side got out of jail in last night’s Electric Ireland Munster minor hurling championship quarter-final – as Niall Hoctor netted in the second minute of stoppage time to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

The visiting Shannonsiders had come from eight points down to lead by two with time running out. But Tipp, drawing on all of their reserves of character, scored 1-2 in stoppage time to advance to a provincial semi-final at the end of June.

Limerick had an 11-point haul from Paul O’Brien but that ultimately proved in vain as Tipp repeated last year’s Munster and All-Ireland final victories over the same opposition.