Tipperary seconds rip Tyrone apart to claim second win of All-Ireland championship

Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Premier Junior Camogie Championship - Round 2

Tipperary 1-27

Tyrone 1-8

Tipperary Juniors made the long trip to Tyrone to take on the home team in round 2 of the Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Junior Championship.

Ciara Brennan scored Tipperay’s first score with an early point while Roisin McErlean pointed a 45 to get Tyrone off the mark.

This was followed by the first of Jenny Grace’s 10 points.

In a trademark Grace performance Jenny was excellent throughout the 60 minutes. Brilliant on the ball with superb distribution while hitting five points from play and another five from frees. She was a constant thorn in the Tyrone rear-guard.

Sinead Meagher was another player who had her aim in, hitting seven points from play.

In the early stages, Tipperary were already looking sharper in front of goals, and Tyrone's missed penalty didn’t help their cause.

Roisin McErlean had her second point before Tipperary shot six unanswered points thanks to Jenney Grace (4) and captain Sinead Meagher (2).

Tyrone needed a score to stop the onslaught and it came in the form of a goal from Roisin O’Neill McKee after a fine delivery from Lara Devlin. Again Roisin McErlean was on target for Tyrone to make it 1-3 to 0-9 to Tipperary.

Tipperary finished the half with a powerful pass on Tyrone's defence to score 1-6 without reply leaving the half-time score 0-15 to 1-3.

The Tipp points came from Ciara Brennan (2), Jenny Grace (1), Emma Flanagan (1), and Sinead Meagher (2). At the same time, Kilruane MacDonagh’s Amy Quinlisk fired home the crucial goal. The deficit could have been a lot smaller only for 3 brilliant saves from Laura Leenane in quick succession and some excellent defending by Lorna Ryan.

Just like the first half Ciara Brennan got the game's opening score after the restart.Bill Mullaney’s side were in flying form especially in front of goals and points from Jenny Grace, Amy Quinlisk, Jill-Anne Quirke, Eva O’Dwyer and Laura Shinners extended their lead.

Samantha McKillen's point stopped the Tipperary onslaught while Roisin McErlean pointed a 45 after Lara Devlin’s effort was saved. McErlean pointed another free but Tipperary hit another four points in a row through Sinead Meagher and Laura Shinners.

Tyrone had the final say with a Lara Devlin point after a good pass from Róise Kerr. The final score read 1-27 to 1-8 and Tipp now march on to round 3 against Wicklow in Wicklow on the 15th of June.

Tipperary: Laura Leenane; Lorna Ryan, Ciara Ryan, Maria Connolly; Orla O’Brien, Sophie Pembroke, Lily Fahie; Amy Quinlisk (1-0), Anna Fahie (0-1); Emma Flanagan (0-1), Jill-Anne Quirke (0-1), Grace Moloney; Ciara Brennan (0-3), Sinead Meagher (0-7), Jenny Grace (0-10, 0-5f).

Subs used: Miriam Murphy for Emma Flanagan; Laura Shinners (0-3) for Quirke; Emma O’Halloran for Orla O’Brien; Eva O’Dwyer (0-1) for Grace Moloney (inj); Gemma Fox for Jenny Grace.

Tyrone: Eimear Colton; Bronagh Moohan, Nicola McKiver, Grainne Devlin; Aoife McDonald, Meaghan Clarke, Una McCann; Oilibhia Farley, Aine Cunningham; Lara Devlin, Grainne McDonald, Roisin McErlean; Cara Little, Lauren Fitzgerald, Roisin O’Neill McKee.

Subs used: Siobhan Donnelly for Roisin O’Neill McKee.

Referee: Ronan Carroll (Dublin)