Senior Footballers promotion push stalls
Tipperary 2-11 Offaly 0-12
First half goals from Michael Quinlivan and Martin Dunne proved decisive as Tipperary kept up their promotion push with a 2-11 to 0-12 victory over Offaly.
Tipperary – E Comerford; K Fahey, A Campbell, C McDonald; J Feehan, R Kiely, S Leahy; A Moloney, M Dunne (1-0); J Lonergan, P Acheson, B Fox; C Sweeney (0-6, 3f), M Quinlivan (1-4, 0-1f, 0-1’45), P Austin (0-1). Subs: D Leahy for J Feehan, D Butler for S Leahy, B Hewitt for P Austin, M Hanley for K Fahey, J O’Callaghan for J Lonergan.
Offaly – A Mulhall; D Brady, E Rigney, S Pender (0-1); J Moloney, B Darby, J O’Connor; G Guilfoyle, C McNamee; A Sullivan, M Brazil, R Allen; N Dunne (0-4, 3f), S Doyle (0-3, 2f), N McNamee (0-3). Subs: N Darby for D Brady, P Cunningham for R Allen, C Donoghue for E Rigney, E Carroll for M Brazil, B Allen (0-1f) for S Doyle, J Gethings for C McNamee.
Referee – J Molloy.
