Tipperary 2-21 Cork 1-12 Tipperary will face Waterford in the ESB Munster MHC final on Sunday week following an emphatic semi-final replay victory over Cork at Thurles last night. After last week's extra-time thriller, which saw the sides finish level on 5-17 apiece, another close contest was expected, but from the throw-in when John O'Dwyer opened the scoring with a point, Tipp stamped their authority on proceedings and had their place in the final secured long before the final whistle. O'Dwyer was Tipp's scorer-in-chief with 0-11, 0-8 of which came from placed balls, as Cork's reign as provincial champions came to a sudden end. O'Dwyer had also tormented the Rebels in the drawn encounter by hitting 2-7. The Killenaule youngster scored five points in the opening 10 minutes to help Tipp to a 0-6 to 0-1 lead, and although Cork improved after that, a David Collins goal gave the home side a six-point buffer, 1-11 to 0-8, at half-time. An Eoin O'Sullivan goal six minutes after the resumption brought Cork to within four points, but that was as close as they came as Tipp immediately hit back with a similar score from substitute David Butler to ensure their place in the decider. Tipperary - P Ryan; A Ryan, L Butler, J Meagher; W Ryan (0-1), D Maher (0-2), A Hogan; A Cleere (0-1), B Stapleton; S Curran, P Heffernan, J O'Dwyer (0-11, 7f, 1'65); D Collins (1-2), R Gleeson, E Murray (0-1). Subs - D Butler (1-1) for Heffernan (ht), M O'Brien (0-2) for Cleere (47), T Butler for Gleeson (60). Cork - T Hogan; R Ryan, D Rogers, A Cagney; P Wiley, P O'Rourke, J Hutchings; R O'Sullivan, D Drake (0-4, 2f); J Dineen (0-1), D Brosnan (0-1), P Haughney (0-1); J Coughlan (0-3, 2f), O O'Connell, E O'Sullivan (1-2). Subs: C Joyce for Wiley (23), J Wall for O'Connell (ht), P O'Brien for Hutchings (36), B Hartnett for Brosnan (42), C Lehane for Dineen (45). Ref - G Hoey (Clare). Tweet

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