Waterford 0-11

Limerick 0-11

A late Cathal O'Neill free earned Limerick a share of the spoils with Waterford in this afternoon's Munster MHC clash at Walsh Park.

It means Waterford remain without a win after losing to Clare and Tipperary, while Limerick are also awaiting their first victory after their only previous outing against Cork also ended all-square.

Diarmuid Mullins' Limerick had wind advantage in the first half and they raced into a 0-4 to 0-0 lead inside five minutes thanks to points from Aidan O'Connor, Patrick Kirby and Cathal O'Neill (two, one free). But they only scored three more times in the first half as scores from Reuban Halloran and Johnny Burke brought the hosts back into contention.

Waterford regained parity at 0-5 each after 24 minutes before efforts from Adam English and O'Neill (free) ensured the visitors of a 0-7 to 0-5 half-time lead.

Kirby's second point after the restart extended the Treaty County's advantage, but Waterford fought back to level through Halloran in the 56th minute. Halloran then gave the Deise the lead for the first time, only for O'Neill to immediately make it 0-10 apiece.

Sub Michael Cummins edged Waterford back in front in the second minute of injury-time, but there was still time for O'Neill to level again with his seventh point, six of which came from placed balls.

Waterford - R Hogan; C Walsh, S O'Neill, J O Floinn; C Daly, R Furlong, T Loftus; S Burke (0-1), J Booth; M Fitzgerald (0-1), A Ryan, J Burke (0-3); R Halloran (0-4, 2f), C MacCraith, J Foley (0-1). Subs: C Rellis for J Foley, J Gleeson for T Loftus, M Cummins (0-1) for J Booth.

Limerick - J Franklin; R Lyons, M Keane, F O'Connor; J Quilty, E Hurley, C Coughlan; A Murrihy, P Kirby (0-2); P Reale, D Hegarty, C O’Neill (0-7, 6f); A O'Connor (0-1), A English (0-1), P O'Donovan. Subs: E Stokes for D Hegarty, C Casey for A Murrihy, L Lynch for P O'Donovan.

Referee - K Jordan.

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