Tipperary 1-12
Waterford 1-9

Gearoid Slattery saved two penalties as Tipperary edged out Waterford in today's Munster JFC quarter-final at Thurles.

Slattery saved Jason Curry's spot-kick just before half-time before repeating the feat 10 minutes after the restart when he denied former Waterford senior footballer and hurler Gary Hurney. The goalkeeper's heroics earned Tipp a semi-final date with Kerry on June 14.

Despite having wind advantage in the first half, the visitors trailed by 0-5 to 0-7 at the break. Tipp, who had U21 star Luke Boland black-carded in the 24th minute, tightened their grip on proceedings when Kevin Fox teed up Dean Lonergan for a palmed goal midway through the second half.

Sub Dylan Guiry pulled back a goal late on for Waterford, but Tommy Toomey's charges weren't to be denied.

Tipperary - G Slattery; G Halley, D Kearney, D Lynch; T Sweeney (0-1), L Boland, D Leahy; A Matassa (0-2), M Dunne (0-1); D McEnroe (0-1f), N McKenna, S Leahy; A O'Riordan, D Lonergan (1-3, 0-1f), K Fox (0-4, 1f). Subs: N Gleeson for L Boland (BC), G Cronin for A O'Riordan, M Russell for T Sweeney.

Waterford - D Whitty; P Crowley, K Murphy, M Cummins; C Hennessy, W Hennessy, J McGrath; C Guiry, J Hurney; Darren Guiry, C McGrath, D Power (0-5, 3f); J Curry (0-3, 1f), G Hurney (0-1f), S Fleming. Subs: Dylan Guiry (1-0) for J Curry, D Gartland for S Fleming, J Kirwan for C Hennessy, B Carroll for Darren Guiry.

Referee - R Moloney.

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