All-Ireland champions Kerry progressed to the last four of the McGrath Cup yesterday along with Tipperary, Cork IT and UCC. Two late Kieran Donaghy goals gave Jack O'Connor's side a hard-earned 2-12 to 3-5 victory over Waterford at Fitzgerald Stadium. The teams were level at 1-3 to 0-6 at the interval and an upset looked to be on the cards when Liam O Lionain and Michael Donnelly netted early second half goals for the visitors. Waterford led by 3-4 to 0-11 with five minutes remaining, but Donaghy's late double denied them a famous win. Barry Grogan scored 0-7 as Tipperary overcame Limerick IT by 2-13 to 2-6 at Thurles' Morris Park. Padraig O'Dwyer netted in the 21st minute to help Tipp to a slender 1-5 to 2-1 interval lead, with Ger Collins and Conor Daly goaling at the opposite end. But with Grogan in unerring form, Tipp had pulled 1-13 to 2-4 clear before Donie Lynch's goal five minutes from the end settled it. In Foynes, Cork star Paul Kerrigan's late deflected goal was the turning point in CIT's 2-8 to 0-11 victory over Limerick. The students led by 1-4 to 0-5 with Kerry youngster Barry John Walsh scoring their goal direct from a 40-metre free. Limerick hit five unanswered points between the 46th and 55th minutes to lead by 0-11 to 1-5 before Kerrigan's shot took a deflection off Stephen Lavin en route to the net. Michael McDermott's first game in charge of Clare ended in a 0-9 to 0-12 defeat to UCC at Cooraclare. The home side opened brightly and had established a 0-4 to 0-0 lead by the ninth minute before UCC hit six unanswered points to take a 0-6 to 0-4 lead into the break. Points from David Tubridy and Laurence Healy brought Clare level on 0-8 apiece at the end of the third quarter, but late points from Paul Honohan, David Goold, David O'Callaghan and Sean Kiely sealed the students' win. Tweet

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