Tipp punch their ticket to semi-final
All Ireland Minor ‘A’ Camogie Championship Group 2 Round 5
Galway 3-12
Tipperary 4-14
by Rose Mannion in Gort
Tipperary advanced to the All Ireland Minor Camogie Championship semi-finals after they had five points to spare over a fancied Galway side last Saturday.
It completed a 100% record for Tipperary in the group stage with four wins from four to put them firmly at the top of the table and a semi-final date with Clare in a couple of weeks time.
This was a hugely impressive win for Tipperary against a Galway side that had only played one game beforehand because of weather related postponements but it was a big one over Dublin. However, the premier girls rose to the challenge with fine performance, serving notice to all that they'll take beating in the championship.
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MATCH DIGEST
Player of the Match: Eimear McGrath (Tipperary).
SCORERS – Galway: Aine Keane 2-2 (1-0 pen; 0-2 frees); Chloe Reilly 1-3; Niamh Horan, Niamh Niland, Rachel Murray 0-2 each; Tegan Canning 0-1.
Tipperary: Eimear McGrath 1-6 (0-4 frees); Rosanna O’Donnell 2-0; Grace O’Toole 1-1; Clodagh McIntyre 0-3; Karin Blair 0-2; Eimear Bourke, Ellie Ryan 0-1 each.
TEAMS - Galway: Tara Holland; Sarah McCartin, Pearl Finnerty, Joanne Daly; Karie Manning, Alannah Kelly (Capt), Rachel Burke; Tegan Canning, Niamh Horan; Niamh Niland, Aine Keane, Rachel Murray; Cora Kenny, Niamh McPeake, Chloe Reilly.
Subs: Sinead Coleman for McPeake (HT); Niamh Heffernan for Niland (HT); Maoilsa Walsh for Canning (48).
Tipperary: Áine Slattery (Shannon Rovers); Laura Heffernan (Éire Og Annacarty), Sorcha Ryan (Cashel, Capt), Maria Connolly (Drom & Inch); Eimear Heffernan (Knockavilla Kickhams), Gemma Fox (Éire Og Annacarty), Ciara Dwan (Cashel); Laura Shinners (Kilruane MacDonaghs), Grace O’Toole (Newport-Ballinahinch); Mary Flaherty (Toomevara), Clodagh McIntyre (Lorrha), Karin Blair (Cashel); Eimear McGrath (Drom & Inch), Rosanna O’Donnell (Éire Og Annacarty), Eimear Bourke (Clonoulty/Rossmore).
Subs: Meabh Elle Ryan (Cashel) for Connolly (27 inj); Ellie Ryan (Boherlahan-Dualla) for Flaherty (42); Emily Morrissey (Burgess/Duharra) for O’Donnell (45).
Referee: Ray Kelly (Kildare).