Tipperary on top

Tipperary had no difficulties in beating Waterford at Golden yesterday. The visitors were the livelier at the start and led 0-4 to 0-2 at the end of the first quarter. However a Davy Hogan goal off a Brendan Cummins delivery in the 18th minute got the home county moving and they led 1-5 to 0-7 at the break.

Tipperary got a lucky break at the start of the second half when a Brendan Cummins free from 40 yards went all the way to the net in the third minute. After that the outcome was never in doubt and Peter Lambert set the seal on the victory with a third goal in the 45th minute.

Tipperary had PJ Lanigan red-carded for a second foul 13 minutes from the end. Declan Browne did well for Tipperary when he came on in the second half and Sean Collum, Cummins also impressed.

Tipperary: S Delahunty; D Byrne, N Kelly, L Cronin; B Hahessy, S Colum, PJ Lanigan; S Maher, B Cummins (1-4); J Williams (0-1), C O'Shea, M Spillane; K Coonan, D Hogan (1-0), P Lambert (1-2). Subs: D Browne (0-2) for Hahessy.

Waterford: K Cullinane; A Hubbard, G Walsh, B Lyons; L Dalton, D McMahon, M Kiely; M O'Brien, A Ahern; P Fitzgerald, F O'Brien, C Watt (0-2); T Cunningham (0-1), K Whelan (0-2), A Fitzgerald (0-3). Subs: C Keane (0-1) for F O'Brien; K Walsh for P Fitzgerald; J Fitzgerald for Hubbard. Referee: J Kearney (Cork).

An impressive second half performance carried Tyrone to a 1-16 to 2-8 victory over Queen's University in a senior football challenge at Derrylaughan yesterday.

With Peter Canavan, Mattie McGleenan and Eoin Gormley combining well in attack, they turned a three-point half-time deficit into a convincing win.

McGleenan sparked the revival with a spectacular goal a minute after the break, his curling shot crashing into the top corner of the net.

Scorers - Tyrone: M McGleenan (1-3), P Canavan (0-5), E Gormley (0-4), F Coyle, S Lawn (0-2 each). Queen's: D Wilson (1-2), P Campbell (1-0), T Brewster (0-4), J Quinn, A Moohan (0-1 each).