Kerry claim minor title

MUNSTER MFC - Kerry 2-12 Tipperary 0-8: KERRY PROVED too strong for spirited Tipperary in the Munster minor football final replay…

MUNSTER MFC - Kerry 2-12 Tipperary 0-8:KERRY PROVED too strong for spirited Tipperary in the Munster minor football final replay in Ennis on Saturday.

Kerry led 0-9 to 0-2 at the break and two goals by full forward Barry John Walsh, the first of which came early in the second half, sealed Tipperary's fate.

KERRY:B Kelly; P Reidy, B Shanahan, F Fitzgerald; P Crowley, J Lyne. M Hickey; J O'Sullivan, W Guthrie (0-1); D Casey (0-1), MT O'Sullivan (0-1), C Tobin (0-1, a free); J O'Donoghue (0-4), BJ Walsh (2-4, four frees, 1-0 penalty), P Geaney (capt). Subs: BJ Keane for Geaney (42 mins), B O'Mahony for Reidy (50 mins), N O'Shea for Tobin (55 mins), C Moriarty for J O'Sullivan (58).

TIPPERARY:J English; E Fitzpatrick, K ORiordan, S Russell; C Sheehan, R Kiely, C Walsh; P Acheson (0-1, 45), A Moloney; D Lowry (0-1), G Ryan, P Horan; McGrath, C Sweeney (0-6, four frees), D McGrath, M ODwyer. Subs: T Hanley for Horan (35 mins), D Heffernan for O'Riordan (42 mins), L Treacy for McGrath (49), S Boland for Walsh (58), D Bourke for Lowry (58).

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Referee:M Meade (Limerick).