Electric Ireland MHC SF: Tipperary win thriller

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Electric Ireland MHC Semi-Final

Tipperary 3-24 Galway 3-20

By Shane Brophy at TUS Gaelic Grounds

Tipperary snatched victory from the jaws of defeat to edge past Galway in a thrilling All-Ireland Minor Hurling Semi-Final at the TUS Gaelic Grounds.

Despite forging six points clear at one stage of the second half, Tipp fell behind in the second minute of added time to a fifth Rory Burke point, as Galway looked to be timing their run perfectly.

However, Tipperary weren’t willing to throw in the towel with Adam Daly producing the levelling score before Joe Egan slotted over the lead point, with sub Senan Butler putting the seal on the win with a last ditch goal, all in ninety second spell deep in injury time.

It was a high-quality game, with the sides shooting four points each by the eighth minute, with the latest from Rory Burke following a save from Eoin Horgan. Tipp enjoyed the first purple patch with a four-point run with Conor Martin to the fore.

Galway responded and hit Tipp for a two-goal blast in the 20th minute, with Rory Burke provider in both goals for Aaron Niland and Conor Dolphin. Burke was a real thorn in the Tipperary side with four first half points from play.

However, Tipperary responded well and struck for a goal on 25 minutes with Adam Daly finishing from close range, but Galway enjoyed the better of the play coming up to half time and Niland free gave them a slender 2-11 to 1-13 advantage at the break.

It was Tipperary who took control in the third quarter with Tom Delaney and Paddy McCormack becoming more prominent in attack shooting ten points from play between them, and when Joe Egan goaled in the 43rd minute, it put them in a strong position.

However, they became a little tentative and Galway took full advantage with rising star Aaron Niland top scoring with 2-11, his second goal on 58 minutes setting up a grandstand finish.

It looked as if they were going to snatch victory when Rory Burke scored his fifth from play but as they had done in the Munster Final, Tipperary had other ideas and set-up a final showdown with Offaly in two weeks time.

Scorers for Tipperary: Tom Delaney 0-6; Joe Egan, Adam Daly 1-3 each; Paddy McCormack 0-4; Damien Corbett 0-3 (1 free, 1 65); Senan Butler 1-0; Conor Martin 0-2; Tadhg Sheehan, Cathal English, Ciaran Foley (free) 0-1 each.

Scorers for Galway: Aaron Niland 2-11 (0-7 frees); Rory Burke 0-5; Conor Dolphin 1-2; Cillian Trayers, Orin Burke 0-1 each.

Tipperary: Eoin Horgan; Chris O’Donnell, Aaron O’Halloran, Jack Quinlan; Sam O’Farrell, Tadhg Sheehan, Jack O’Callaghan; Ciaran Foley, Adam Daly; Joe Egan, Conor Martin, Cathal English; Damien Corbett, Tom Delaney, Paddy McCormack.

Subs: Paddy Phelan for English (44); Darragh McCarthy for Martin (49); Jamie Ormond for Foley (60); Senan Butler for Corbett (60+3).

Galway: Donagh Fahy; Luke McInerney, Sean Murphy, Darragh Counihan; Gerry Carr, Oscar O’Gorman, Jack Lonergan; Cillian Trayers, Paddy Mac Carthaigh; Orin Burke, Rory Burke, Conor Lawless; Cullen Killeen, Aaron Niland, Conor Dolphin.

Subs: Ryan O’Donnell for Lawless (HT); Aaron Doyle for Killeen (47); Vince Morgan for Mac Carthaigh (51); Ben O’Donovan for O’Gorman (56); Conor Gilligan for Dolphin (60+2).

Referee: Patrick Murphy (Carlow).

Team News: Galway v Cork All Ireland SHC QF

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The Galway Senior Hurling team to play Cork in the All Ireland Senior Hurling Quarter Final on Saturday is announced:

Tickets available via Ticketmaster, click here

Live on RTE Sport, Galway Bay FM & RnaG Radio and updates on our Social Channels via WTS App.

Wishing our Senior Hurlers & Team Management the Best of Luck tomorrow.

Leinster Senior Hurling Final: Galway v Kilkenny

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Kilkenny v Galway @ 7.00pm
Joe McDonagh SHC Final – Kerry v Antrim @ 4.30pm

Match Ticket Information – purchase online here

GENERAL
Hogan Stand (No Concessions)
Adult/Student/OAP/Juveniles: €35.00

Cusack Stand
Adult/Student: €35.00

OAP: €25.00 SENIOR CITIZEN TICKETS ONLY AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE ONLINE
SENIOR CITIZEN TICKETS NOT AVAILBLE IN CENTRA & SUPERVALU STORES.
(Senior Citizen must enter the Stadium via Stile D No: 1 to 5 and produce appropriate ID to show they were entitled to have purchased the reduced price Ticket)

Juveniles (U-16): €5.00
Note: Juveniles (U-16) must be accompanied by an Adult

Davin Stand
Adult/Student: €35.00

OAP: €25.00 SENIOR CITIZEN TICKETS ONLY AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE ONLINE
SENIOR CITIZEN TICKETS NOT AVAILBLE IN CENTRA & SUPERVALU STORES.
(Senior Citizen must enter the Stadium via Stile D Cusack Stand No: 1 to 5 and produce appropriate ID to show they were entitled to have purchased the reduced price Ticket)

Juveniles (U-16):€5.00
Note: Juveniles (U-16) must be accompanied by an Adult

Hill 16 – (No Concessions)
Adult/Student/OAP/Juvenile: €25.00

Wheelchair Tickets:-
The Wheelchair Ticket are free of charge and the Assistant’s ticket is €35

Galway defeat Laois in All-Ireland Minor Hurling quarter-final

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Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Hurling Quarter-Final

GALWAY 0-23 LAOIS 2-14

By Steven Miller at MW Hire O’Moore Park

Aaron Niland helped himself to 0-12 as Galway booked their place in the All Ireland minor hurling championship semi-finals thanks to a hard-earned win over Laois in O’Moore Park.

Galway had been comfortable winners over beaten Munster finalists Clare last weekend with Niland hitting 0-16.

And he was their chief scorer once again as they had just that bit much for a spirited home side coming off the back of a Leinster final loss to Offaly two weeks ago.

In a three-team round robin format, Laois will now face Clare in Ennis next Saturday with the winners going forward to join Galway, Tipperary and Offaly in the All Ireland semi-finals.

The game began with two Aaron Niland points either side of a Jack Breen score before it burst into life.

Laois almost had the ball in the net in the third minute when Ben Deegan’s shot was blocked down and came to Jer Quinlan who unleashed a thunderbolt that was saved by Donagh Fahy.

Ben Deegan pointed the resulting 65 but from the next puck-out, Eoghan Murphy won it and found Quinlan again who this time beat Fahy from close range.

Laois were rampant now and Jack Breen set up Cormac Byrne for another goal chance but again Fahy denied him with Deegan once again pointing the 65.

Conor Dolphin and Niland responded with points for Galway but a Ben Deegan free from in front of the terrace left Laois 1-4 to 0-5 ahead at the midpoint of the half.

However, Galway grabbed the next three scores via Paddy McCarthy, Conor Lawless and Niland to retake the lead but Laois were level after 20 minutes thanks to Deegan.

Deegan and Niland traded frees again before Cullen Killeen regained the advantage for Galway as we entered the final five minutes of the half.

Deegan and Thomas Brennan scored for Laois before half time but so too did Rory Burke and Cullen Killeen to take 0-12 to 1-8 lead at half time.

Paddy McCarthy and Jer Quinlan swapped points when play resumed before Niland struck his seventh of the game to give Galway a two-point lead in the 37th minute.

Laois then had a good spell but failed to capitalise and hit two poor wides before Niland landed two frees to leave it 0-16 to 1-9 as we entered the final 15 minutes.

But Laois refused to give up and Jer Quinlan scored two points – the second after a super run from sub Mark Downey to bring them back into the game.

Niland took his tally to 11 with another brace as Deegan responded with a free to leave it 0-18 to 1-12 with 50 minutes on the clock.

Galway looked to pull away then with a flurry of scores but as we entered four minutes of injury time, the gap was back to three.

Eoghan Cuddy and Thomas Brennan combined to set up Mark Downey to rattle the net for a second time.

Laois had two late chances to snatch a draw but Bobby Murphy’s effort was blocked out for a 65 and another chance was also thwarted as Galway held on.

Scorers for Galway: Aaron Niland 0-12 (six frees, one 65), Cullen Killeen 0-3, Rory Burke 0-3, Paddy McCarthy 0-2, Conor Lawless 0-2, Conor Dolphin 0-1.

Scorers for Laois: Jer Quinlan 1-5, Ben Deegan 0-7 (five frees, two 65s), Mark Downey 1-0, Jack Breen 0-1, Thomas Brennan 0-1

GALWAY: Donagh Fahy; Luke McInerney, Sean Murphy, Darragh Coinihan; Ben O’Donovan, Oscar O’Gorman, Joey Wallace; Cullen Killeen, Paddy McCarthy; Orin Burke, Rory Burke, Conor Lawless; Ryan O’Donnell, Aaron Niland, Conor Dolphin Subs: Cillian Trayers for Burke (44), Jack Lonergan for O’Donovan (48), Conor Gilligan for Dolphin (54), Jack O’Malley for McCarthy (59), Stephen Keane for Lawless (61)

LAOIS: Brochan O’Reilly; Bobby Murphy, Ciaran Flynn, Joseph Pearson; Thomas Brennan, Tom Cuddy, Cormac Hogan; Rory Kelly, Kevin Byrne; Ben Deegan, Eoghan Murphy, Jack Breen; Eoghan Cuddy, Jer Quinlan, Cormac Byrne. Subs: Mark Downey for C Byrne (46), Aaron Carroll for Breen (49), Andrew McDonagh for Murphy (52), Ciaran Coss for Kelly (55), Kevin Hyland for Deegan (56)

Referee: Thomas Gleeson (Dublin)