Tipp fail to collect all 3 points in dramatic draw with Clare

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June 05, 2022

Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Junior Championship

 

Tipperary 1-14 (17)

Clare 2-11 (17)

 

Despite the Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Junior Championship game between Tipperary and Clare ending in a draw on Saturday evening it felt more like a defeat for Tipperary who had led by 4 points with 2 minutes of normal time to play. Having already suffered a loss to Cavan in the opening round a win was a necessity for the Tipperary side who recorded a good victory over Mayo in the second round. They brought this momentum into Saturday’s encounter and led at half time 8 points to 7 with Aoife McLoughney to the fore from play and placed balls and Amy Crosse excellent at wing back. Tipp could have been further ahead at the break but faded as half time approached and Clare cut the deficit to one thanks to frees from Kate O’Gorman and Shauna Canny. 


Clare had the advantage of the breeze in the second half but it was the home side who got off to the perfect start with a goal on the 31st minute. A mix up from a short puckout led to quick reaction from Lisa O’Connor who gathered possession and fed the onrushing Aoife McLoughney who made no mistake in firing the ball past Lauran Solon in the banner goal. Clare responded well with a point 3 minutes later and both sides continued to exchanged points before a great move in the 41st minute led to a Clare equaliser. A cross field pass by corner back Sinead Hogg found Sinead O’Keefe who went on a brilliant solo run right through the heart of the Tipperary defence. She passed to Olivia Hogan who picked out Regan Conway inside and she supplied the finish to make it 1-9 apiece. It was Tippereary however who were spurned on by the goal and they proceeded to score the next 4 points on a trot while Clare failed to hit the target for almost 15 minutes. Sinead Meagher scored a monster point from midfield while the excellent Aoife McLoughney also got in on the scoring act before Shanuna Canny registered a point from a free in the 54th minute to curb Tipperary’s dominance. This put 3 points between the sides again 1-13 to 1-10. From the puck out Tipperary went on the attack and the always busy Ciara Cummins linked up with Grace Moloney who fired over her second point of the hour to give Tipperary a 4 point lead once again. At this stage Tipperary looked the more balanced outfit and most present would have predicted them to go on and win it from here. But Clare had other ideas and with 58 minutes gone Shauna Canny caught everyone off guard by hitting a rasper of a free to the back of the net from 30 meters to the delight of the travelling Clare supporters. The next few minutes was frantic as Tipperary desperately went in search of another score. Clare eventually gathered possession and found Niamh Mulqueen inside. The full-forward despite her lightening pace had failed to score until now but found herself baring down on goal with time up. A goal was on the cards but she elected to take her point and fired over to make it 1-14 to 2-11. Tipperary again went on the attack but to no avail as the ref awarded a free out for over carrying before sounding the final whistle. The result means that Tipperary need to beat Waterford in the final game but also need other results to go their way to have any chance of qualifying for an All-Ireland semi-final. It was a disappointing result for Tipperary who looked the better side at different stages of the game but could never put Clare out of sight.


Tipperary: C.Holohan, M.Ryan, A.Sheedy, N.McCormack, A.Crosse, R.Maher, E.Fogarty, C.Horgan, C.McKeogh, G.Moloney(0-2), C.Stakelum(0-1), S.Meagher(0-1), C.Cummins, A.McLoughney(1-10, 1 45m, 6 frees) L.O’Connor.

Subs used: Alison O’Mahony for Grace Moloney

Clare: L.Solon, E.Kennedy, M.Powell, S.Hogg. R.Crowe, K O’Gorman(0-1,free), S.O’Keefe, R.Kelly, A.Walsh, G.Carmody(0-2), S.Canny(1-5, all frees), A.Anderson(0-1), R.Conway1-1), N.Mulqueen(0-1), O.Phelan

Subs used: Caoimhe Lally, Rosin Powell, Siobhan Lenihan