Tipperary double champions beat Clare’s Éire Óg at Cusack Park
Fresh legs off the bench ensured that Loughmore-Castleiney advanced to their first Munster club SFC final since 1973 with a five-point victory over Éire Óg.
As the Clare champions continued to waste point-scoring opportunities, Loughmore proved far more efficient by working the ball close to the target; Liam McGrath, Ciarán McGrath, Liam Treacy and John Ryan taking points to give their side a 1-4 to 1-0 lead. McInerney brought them back level before Eoin O’Connell’s shot at goal was blocked on the line by Russell. Éire Óg’s counter-attack produced a point for the wide-open McInerney to put them 2-2 to 1-4 ahead at the break. It would be their only lead.
The hosts began to get a foothold with a Luke Pyne point followed by a 45 from McInerney to drag the gap back to the minimum.A Liam McGrath free was cancelled out by another McInerney point before the vital score arrived in the 55th minute. The ball was worked through the hands of Liam McGrath, John McGrath, and Tommy Maher, who teed up Connolly to beat goalkeeper Shane Daniels.
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