Two red cards on Leeside as Tipperary fall to first league defeat of the year against Cork

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)