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Gill makes late intervention

CAMOGIE ALL-IRELAND SEMI FINALS: Galway 1-13 Wexford 1-10: GALWAY SECURED a dramatic late victory against last year's All-Ireland…

Mon Aug 25 2008 - 01:00

CAMOGIE ALL-IRELAND SEMI FINALS: Galway 1-13 Wexford 1-10:GALWAY SECURED a dramatic late victory against last year's All-Ireland champions yesterday at Nowlan Park, Kilkenny.

Jessica Gill scored the winning goal for Galway with almost four minutes of stoppage time played.

With three minutes of normal time remaining, Wexford trailed by four points but the they showed true grit as Una Leacy bagged a 58th-minute goal before Kate Kelly's ninth point of a gripping encounter tied the scores at 1-10 to 0-13.

A draw looked a certainty but there was a late twist in store as Wexford had appeals for a free at the other end waved away before Gill's struck the goal that won the game.

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GALWAY: S Earner; S Tannion, A Kelly, T Manton; A-Marie Hayes, S Cahalan, N Kilkenny; A Hillary, L Ryan; O Kilkenny (0-1), T Maher (0-1), V Curtin (0-3); M Dunne, J Gill (1-6, 0-4 frees), D Burke. Subs: L Kavanagh (0-1)for Ryan (29 mins), B Kerins (0-1)for Burke (half-time).

WEXFORD: M D'Arcy; N Lambert, C O'Loughlin, B Holohan; A O'Connor, M Leacy, D Codd; A Codd, M O'Leary; U Leacy (1-0), R-Marie Breen, C Murphy (0-1); B Curran, K Kelly (0-9, eight frees), U Jacob. Subs: K Parrock for for Curran (39 mins), B Furlong for A Codd (46 mins).

Referee: E Browne(Tipperary).

Rebels in final

Cork 3-14 Tipperary 0-10:LAST YEAR'S beaten finalists Cork proved far too good for Tipperary in yesterday's first game at Nowlan Park.

Cork overturned a 0-7 to 0-5 half-time deficit as second-half goals from Rachel Moloney, Una O'Donoghue and Elaine O'Riordan helped to secure a 13-point victory.

CORK: A Murray; L O'Connell, C Foley, J O'Callaghan; G O'Connor (0-2), M O'Connor, S Hayes; O Cotter (0-1), L Dorgan; A O'Regan, U O'Donoghue (1-0), E O'Sullivan (0-2); S Burns (0-1), R Moloney (1-7, 0-3 frees, 0-1 45), B Corkery. Subs: E O'Farrell (0-1)for Dorgan (half-time), E O'Riordan (1-0)for Burns (57 mins), J Duffy for O'Connor (59 mins), R Holland for O'Callaghan (60 mins).

TIPPERARY: P Ryan; S Kelly, M Luttrell, J Kirwin; P Bulfin, T O'Halloran, M Ryan; J Horan, J Ryan (0-2); C Hennessy (0-1), C Grogan (0-5, 0-2 45s), P Fogarty (0-1); G Kinnane, E Hayden (0-1), M Morrissey. Subs: M Shortt for Morrissey (half-time), T Shortt for Kinnane (48 mins), M Tynan for Kirwin (58 mins), S Larkin for Horan (59 mins).

Referee: F McDonald(Armagh).