Power show

A brace of Tony Power goals along with one each from Gary Hurney, Ger Power and Martin Walsh helped Waterford to an easy victory over Tipperary in the semi-final of the Munster under-20 football championship at Ardmore yesterday.

Tipperary were leading by three points with five minutes of the first-half remaining when they were rocked by two goals inside a minute by Gary Hurney and Tony Power. When Martin Walsh had Waterford's third goal 13 minutes into the second period there was no way back for the premier county.

WATERFORD: T Wall; K Coffey, J Phelan, Michael Walsh; Shane Briggs, D Prendergast, R Hennessey; S Cunningham (0-1), W Hennessey (0-1); E Hogan (0-1), G Power (1-2), Martin Walsh (1-1); Gary Hurney (1-1), T Power (2-0), A Power (0-1). Subs: S Barron (0-1) for Hogan, P Hayes for A Power, M Lavin for R Hennessey, G Dunphy for Hurney, A Kiely for Prendergast.

TIPPERARY: T Gahan; F Condon, S Maher, N Sheehan; G Slattery, T Russell, C Maher; K Mulryan, E O'Connor; D Shelley (1-0), A Fitzgerald, T Connors; C McCarthy (0-1), K Dempsey (0-1), D O'Brien (0-5). Subs: C Brennan (1-1) for Fitzgerald. C O'Brien for Dempsey, B Brooks for O'Connor, K O'Donnell for Connors.

Referee: J J Cronin (Cork).