Tipperary 1-7 (10)         Cork 1-8 (11)

March 16/03/2019 Cloughduv

Our u-16's lost out to Cork in the second round of their Munster Championship on Saturday afternoon last March 16^th.. Due to weather conditions the fixture was moved on Saturday morning after a pitch inspection from Castletownroche to Cloughduv. From the throw in Tipperary went into an early lead with points from Robyn Carey (0-2), Niamh Hayes and Eimear O’Donovan before Cork responded the (0-3) of their own to narrow the gap. However just before the break Robyn Carey goaled to stretch Tipperary’s advantage. The half time score read Tipperary 1-4 Cork 0-3. 

On the resumption the sides exchanged points with Katie Delaney pointing for Tipp. Cork then tacked on four more unanswered points to leave just a goal separating the sides. Robyn Carey again pointed and Niamh Cuneen added another. Tipp were now up 1-6 to 0-8 with just six minutes remaining and the narrowest of margins separating the sides. Cork never gave up and in the last minute of ordinary time goaled. They added a point in injury time to leave the final score at Cork 1-8 Tipperary 1-6.

u-16 v Cork (1).pdf