Waterford inflict heavy defeat on Limerick in Very Camogie League

Waterford emphatically defeated Limerick in the Very National Camogie League defeat on Saturday as Seán Power's side won by 21 points, 3-24 to 2-6, in the Waterford De La Salle grounds.

Although Limerick had the tonic of an early goal and still held the lead coming up to the quarter mark, once Beth Carton and Niamh Rockett found their range in the Déise attack, there was only going to be one outcome to this Division 1B League contest.

Lorraine Bray starred for Waterford as Carton and Rockett shared sixteen scores, twelve of them from play, between them.

With three wins out of three, the winners are all but assured of a place in the play-offs and, if they can carry through the form to the championship, they could seriously threaten the Kilkenny-Galway-Cork stranglehold on the O'Duffy Cup most of the past decade.

SCORERS: WATERFORD: Beth Carton 0-10 (3 frees), Niamh Rockett 1-5 (0-1 free), Annie Fitzgerald 1-3, Mairéad O'Brien 0-3, Abby Flynn 1-0, Lorraine Bray 0-2, Keeley Corbett Barry 0-1; LIMERICK: Claire Keating 1-2 (0-1 free), Cliodhna Ryan 1-0, Caoimhe Costello 0-2 (1 free), Lizzie Boylan, Mairéad Ryan 0-1 each.

WATERFORD: Brianna O'Regan (De La Salle); Vikki Faulkner (Tramore), Kate Lynch (Gaultier), Orla Hickey (Dungarvan); Aoife Landers (An Rinn), Clodagh Carroll (Gaultier), Mairéad Power (Pilltown); Lorraine Bray (Cappoquin), Keeley Corbett Barry (De La Salle); Mairéad O'Brien (Modeligo), Beth Carton (De La Salle), Niamh Rockett (Saint Anne's); Rachel Walsh (Butlerstown), Tara Power (Tramore), Annie Fitzgerald (Gaultier). SUBS: Abbie Flynn (De La Salle) for Tara Power (41 minutes), Róisín Kirwan (Saint Anne's) for Rachel Walsh (48 minutes), Niamh Curran (Dungarvan) for Vikki Faulkner (51 minutes), Anne Corcoran (Gaultier) for Beth Carton (53 minutes), Anne Hickey (Modeligo) for Mairéad Power (57 minutes), Dearbhla Beresford (Abbeyside) for Annie Fitzgerald (59 minutes), Niamh Murphy for Lorraine Bray (59 minutes).

LIMERICK: Laura O’Neill (Na Piarsaigh); Teresa Dore l(Charleville), Muireann Creamer (Cappamore), Stephanie Woulfe (Templeglantine); Áine Ó Tiarnaigh (Na Piarsaigh), Ailbhe Larkin (Mungret St Paul’s), Marian Quaid (Bruff); Sophie O'Callaghan (Adare), Éle Madigan (Ahane); Mairead Ryan (Bruff), Áine Reynolds (Ahane), Lizzie Boylan (Na Piarsaigh); Cliodhna Ryan (Doon), Claire Keating (Cappamore), Ciara O'Riordan (Blackrock/Effin). SUBS: Caoimhe Costello (Adare) for Ciara O'Riordan (injured, 28 minutes), Orfhlaith Kelleher (Croagh-Kilfinny) for Éle Madigan (40 minutes), Mary O'Callaghan (Bruff) for Sophie O'Callaghan (43 minutes), Nóirín Lenihan (Croagh-Kilfinny) for Stephanie Woulfe) (51 minutes), Denise Mullins (Galbally) for Cliodhna Ryan (51 minutes), Aoife Nelligan (Monaleen) for Áine Ó Tiarnaigh (53 minutes), Emily O'Halloran (Monaleen) for Áine Reynolds (56 minutes), Megan Ryan (Crecora) for Teresa Dore (59 minutes).

REFEREE: Ray Kelly (Kildare).