Cork pull away through second-half performance

Camogie Championship:A stirring team display from Cork brought them a 0-11 to 1-5 victory over Tipperary in the Gala All-Ireland Senior A Championship on Saturday in Toomevara.

Cork found it tough against fellow Munster finalists Tipperary with a powerful goal from Clare Grogan from 20 metres seeing the home side lead by 1-4 to 0-6 at the interval but the competition was certainly fierce as the visiting side didn't have defeat on their minds especially in the second half.

Jennifer O'Leary and Síle Burns had each been on target with two points in the opening half with a point each for Una O'Donoghue and Angela Walsh also with Walsh's pointed free cutting the gap to the minimum by the interval.

Éimear McDonnell and Joanne Ryan continued to play well in the second half but Briege Corkery was in fine form for Cork after the restart, and she scored three points.

An unbeaten Wexford continued their good form in New Ross on Saturday with the home side very strong against Dublin as an Úna Leacy goal gave the home side at 1-5 to 0-4 half-time cushion.

Wexford's Áine Codd gave a good performance throughout despite being closely marked by an in form Ciara Durkan.

Both sides were level inside the opening eight minutes but once the home side took the lead thanks to a Rosemarie Breen point after 12 minutes they never trailed, holding a double-scores interval lead.

Wexford got the perfect start to the second half with a Kate Kelly point after just 47 seconds and with the 2006 All-Star commanding the midfield area her side quickly took a second goal thanks to Michelle Hearne and her side continued to pull away to register a 2-10 to 0-8 win.

Meanwhile, in the McGrath Cup Wexford were emphatic 5-18 to 0-2 winners over Dublin while Cork edged Tipperary by 2-12 to 1-11.

WEXFORD: M Darcy; N Lambert, C O'Loughlin, C O'Connor; A Codd, M Leacy, D Codd; K Kelly (0-2), RM Breen (0-2); K Parrock (0-1), B Furlong, B Curran (1-1); U Leacy (0-2), M Hearne (1-0), U Jacob (0-1).

DUBLIN: E Butler; J Murphy, E Brannigan, S Curran; A Fitzpatrick, C Power, L Twomey; L O'Hara, A McCluskey; C Durkan (0-1), A Jordan (0-5), A Fanning (0-1); N Taylor, S Ryan, E Reid (0-1). Subs: E Ryan for McCluskey; J Hoary for Taylor.

SCORERS - Cork: R Buckley 0-3 (two frees); J O'Leary, S Burns, A Walsh, 0-2 each; B Corkery, Ú O'Donoghue, 0-1 each. Tipperary: C Grogan 1-3 (0-1 45, 0-1 free), E McDonnell 0-2, J Ryan 0-1.