Tipperary 1-10
Clare 0-8

The Tipperary minor footballers commenced their bid for a third Munster title in a row with a five-point victory over Clare in Cusack Park, Ennis.

The home side made the brighter start and were 0-3 to 0-0 ahead before Alan Tynan struck for the game's only goal in the 10th minute to draw Tipp level.

The Premier County led by 1-3 to 0-4 at the halfway stage and extended their advantage to 1-8 to 0-4 by the three quarter hour mark.

The Banner hit the last three scores of the game but Tipp had the result in the bag by that stage.

Tipperary - J Brady; D Owens, J Feehan, W Connors; L Boland, R Mulcahy, K Fahey; M Russell, C O'Riordan; M Meagher, J Keane (0-2), L Casey (0-1); A Tynan (1-2), T Kirwan (0-4), P Maher (0-1). Subs: P Shanahan for Meagher, E Maloney for Casey, M Connolly for Feehan, M O'Connor for Boland.

Clare - K Normoyle; F Pyne, J O'Dea, L Howard; K Malone, E Clancy, J Browne; E Hanrahan, D Walsh (0-1); J Downes, P O'Malley (0-2), C O hAinfein; E Courtney, C Galvin, B Keating (0-4). Subs: L Madigan (0-1) for Galvin, J Woods for Malone, O Hanrahan for Browne, D Nagle for Clancy, C O'Dea for O'Malley.

Referee - B Stack. Tweet

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