Two red cards on Leeside as Tipperary fall to first league defeat of the year against Cork
Tipperary lost out to Cork in SuperValu Pairc Ui Chaoimh on Saturday evening
Allianz National Hurling League - Division 1A - Round 3
Tipperary 0-22
Cork 0-29
A fiery end to the first half in SuperValu Pairc Ui Chaoimh will be the main talking point after Cork put their best foot forward in avenging July’s 2025 All-Ireland final defeat to Tipperary, downing Liam Cahill’s team in the third round of the National Hurling League on Saturday evening.
Johnny Ryan’s 17th-minute black card penalty concession was a major contributor to Tipperary’s downfall as Cork stretched into a six-point lead that they would more or less hold for the remainder of the contest.
There was a nasty, three-minute-long melee between nearly all the players on the pitch just before half-time that took referee Liam Gordon a long time to get on top of, but it eventually ended with Jason Forde and Shane Barrett receiving straight red cards.
More to follow……..
Scorers: Tipperary: Eoghan Connolly 0-4f, Jake Morris (0-3, 0-1f), Andrew Ormond, Willie Connors 0-2 each, Jason Forde, Darragh McCarthy 0-2 each, Oisin O’Donoghue, Conor Stakelum, Seamus Kennedy, Craig Morgan, Sam O’Farrell, Noel McGrath, Cathal O’Reilly all 0-1 each.
Cork: Alan Connolly (0-8, 0-4f), Darragh Fitzgibbon (0-7, 0-1f), William Buckley, Diarmuid Healy 0-3 each, Mark Coleman, Eoin Downey, Shane Barrett all 0-2 each; Tim O’Mahony, Brian Hayes 0-1 each.
Tipperary: Rhys Shelly; Cathal O'Reilly, Bryan O'Mara, Johnny Ryan; Sam O’Farrell, Craig Morgan, Seamus Kennedy; Willie Connors, Conor Stakelum; Jake Morris, Andrew Ormond, Josh Keller; Darragh Stakelum, Oisin O’Donoghue, Jason Forde.
Subs used: John McGrath for D Stakelum (HT); Eoghan Connolly for Kennedy (45); Noel McGrath for Keller (49); Darragh McCarthy for O’Donoghue (55); Paddy McCormack for Ormond (61).
Cork: Patrick Collins; Ger Mellerick, Daire O’Leary, Sean O’Donoghue; Eoin Downey, Rob Downey, Mark Coleman; Ethan Twomey, Michéal Mullins; Darragh Fitzgibbon, Shane Barrett, Diarmuid Healy; William Buckley, Declan Dalton, Alan Connolly.
Subs used: Brian Hayes for Dalton (45); Tim O'Mahony for Mullins (45); Hugh O'Connor for Twomey (52); Robbie O'Flynn for Buckley (64).
Referee: Liam Gordon (Galway)