But the sides were close all through the half, Cork, Cork dealt a blow when O‘Flynn had to leave the field injured having scored a well-worked point. Five times they were level but as the rain began to fall late in the half Tipp got their noses in front. Scorers: Tipperary - J Forde 0-10 (10 fs); J McGrath, N McGrath, B Heffernan 0-2; P Flynn, J Morris, J O’Dwyer, R Maher (f), B McGrath, C Barrett 0-1. Cork - P Horgan 1-6 (0-5 fs); T O’Mahony 1-1; A Cadogan 0-3, C Cahalane 0-2; R O’Flynn, D Connery, D Fitzgibbon, A Connolly 0-1. Tipperary: B Hogan; C Barrett, P Maher, B McGrath; B Heffernan, S Kennedy, R Maher; A Flynn, N McGrath; J Forde, J Morris, N O’Meara; John O’Dwyer, J McGrath, W Connors.

Source: Irish Independent May 15, 2021 20:26 UTC