Hello and welcome along to our coverage of the Munster hurling round-robin clash between Waterford and Limerick.
Waterford made a winning start to their campaign last weekend with an impressive performance against Clare, while Limerick come into this tie on the back of a thrilling draw against Tipperary.
Another gripping battle is in store today, and we will be taking you through all the action. We’ll have team line-ups for you in the next few moments as we gear up for the 6pm throw-in.
3 May
5:39PM
Limerick (v Waterford)
1. Nickie Quaid (Effin)
2. Sean Finn (Bruff), 3. Dan Morrissey (Ahane), 4. Mike Casey (Na Piarsaigh)
5. Diarmaid Byrnes (Patrickswell), 6. Kyle Hayes (Kildimo-Pallaskenry), 7.Barry Nash (South Liberties)
8. Adam English (Doon), 9. William O’Donoghue (Na Piarsaigh)
Wishing all involved with the Limerick Senior Hurling Team the very best this evening in their Munster Hurling Championship game against Waterford. pic.twitter.com/fumpKjNpwn
The first score goes to Limerick, and it’s a boomer from Diarmaid Byrnes.
3 May
6:02PM
2 mins: Waterford 0-0 Limerick 0-2
Shane O’Brien swings it over his left shoulder to double Limerick’s advantage.
3 May
6:03PM
3 mins: Waterford 0-0 Limerick 0-2
Tadhg De Búrca wins a free to give Waterford a breather after that early Limerick burst. A long delivery comes into the possession of Nickie Quaid and the move ends in a Waterford sideline cut.
3 May
6:04PM
4 mins: Waterford 0-1 Limerick 0-2
Darragh Lyons cuts it straight into Kyle Hayes. The ball is sent down to O’Brien but his second shot at the post goes wide.
The puckout comes down to the man in today, Patrick Fitzgerald and he splits the posts.
3 May
6:05PM
4 mins: Waterford 0-1 Limerick 0-3
Cian Lynch, who was completely unmarked, gets the ball and taps it over to restore the two-point lead.
3 May
6:07PM
6 mins: Waterford 0-2 Limerick 0-3
Kevin Mahony hits a wide before Stephen Bennett earns a free in front of the posts which he pops over himself to keep in touch with Limerick.
3 May
6:08PM
6 mins: Waterford 0-2 Limerick 0-4
Cian Lynch makes a great fetch from Quaid’s puckout. Adam English tries to carry the ball through but he’s gobbled up and Waterford turn over possession.
The ball comes down to Dessie Hutchinson but it’s another wide for Waterford and Limerick punish them with a Barry Nash point.
3 May
6:09PM
9 mins: Waterford 0-2 Limerick 0-6
Adam English collects a gorgeous stick pass from Lynch before drilling his shot over. English adds another seconds later to put four between the teams. Limerick are in control here.
3 May
6:11PM
10 mins: Waterford 0-2 Limerick 0-6
Gearóid Hegarty the latest to take a shot at the posts but he fails to get the effort on target.
Waterford win the ball back and string a few nice handpasses together before spraying the ball out wide to Fitzgerald and he registers a third wide for Waterford.
3 May
6:11PM
10 mins: Waterford 0-2 Limerick 0-7
Limerick’s Tom Morrissey shoots on sight and suddenly, the gap is out to five points. Waterford need a response.
3 May
6:12PM
12 mins: Waterford 0-3 Limerick 0-7
Byrnes receives a yellow card for a four on Mahony and Bennett converts a much-needed score for Waterford.
3 May
6:14PM
13 mins: Waterford 0-4 Limerick 0-7
Morrissey hits his second wide of the game as Waterford’s Mark Fitzgerald earns a free in their own half of the field. Bennett comes back to take and puts it over from a long way out.
Huge score for Waterford.
3 May
6:16PM
14 mins: Waterford 0-5 Limerick 0-7
And now there’s just two between the teams after Jack Prendergast points from the puckout. Big swing in the game as Waterford hit three points in a row.
3 May
6:17PM
15 mins: Waterford 0-5 Limerick 0-8
Aaron Gillane opens his account with a free to cool that Waterford upsurge.
3 May
6:18PM
17 mins: Waterford 0-5 Limerick 0-9
Referee awards a free to Gillane for a foul by Iarlaith Daly and Gillane pucks it over from a tight angle to reaffirm that cushion for Limerick.
3 May
6:20PM
19 mins: Waterford 0-5 Limerick 0-10
Puckout lands in the Waterford full-forward line but Limerick break out with the ball as Bennett appeals for a free.
Lynch secures possession and grabs his third point of the evening. Meanwhile, Limerick have introduced Colin Coughlan for Diarmaid Byrnes who received that yellow card earlier.
3 May
6:21PM
21 mins: Waterford 0-6 Limerick 0-10
Hutchinson with an important score after another strong period from Limerick. Darragh Lyons then draws out at the sideline in their own half. Bennett tries another long-distance hit but it doesn’t have the legs.
3 May
6:23PM
21 mins: Waterford 0-6 Limerick 0-10
POST!
Shane O’Brien surely took paint off the post with that bullet. But the ball comes back into play and Waterford will be relieved to see that intervention. It was a brilliant shat that easily beat Billy Nolan, but the far post kept it out.
3 May
6:24PM
23 mins: Waterford 0-6 Limerick 0-12
Another Gillane free puts Limerick five up ahead. Mark Fitzgerald then goes on a ramble up the field and shoots from distance, but he fails to get the ball between the posts.
Limerick come straight back down and Tom Morrissey delivers his second of the first half.
3 May
6:26PM
25 mins: Waterford 0-7 Limerick 0-12
Darragh Lyons cuts the ball into the path of Coughlan. A crossfield pass comes to Barry Nash who takes a shot but fails to draw it in sufficiently.
Waterford are struggling at the back, and they almost lose possession again but for the referee’s whistle signalling a free out. Billy Nolan comes out and drives it over from down town.
3 May
6:27PM
26 mins: Waterford 0-7 Limerick 0-12
Waterford change: Patrick Curron is replaced by Michael Kiely.
3 May
6:28PM
28 mins: Waterford 0-8 Limerick 0-12
That’s a fifth wide for Limerick as Coughlan shoots after a scramble for possession in midfield.
Jamie Barron then provides a score from an impossible angle.
3 May
6:29PM
29 mins: Waterford 0-9 Limerick 0-13
That man Shane O’Brien again turns at his ease and slips the ball over to keep the gap at five. But Kevin Mahony responds almost immediately with a huge effort from out the field.
3 May
6:31PM
30 mins: Waterford 0-9 Limerick 0-13
Waterford win a free through Kevin Mahony as the hosts look to have found some momentum. But it’s a miss from Bennett, and they needed that.
3 May
6:32PM
32 mins: Waterford 0-9 Limerick 0-13
Waterford fans fume over a challenge on De Búrca by Will O’Donoghue. Referee Colm Lyons is initially not interested but Waterford do get the free eventually.
Bennett misses again and the wides are killing Waterford.
3 May
6:34PM
33 mins: Waterford 0-10 Limerick 0-13
Danger for a second there as Adam English sniffed a goal chance but Waterford bring the ball out.
Jamie Barron wins a free and now it’s the Limerick fans who aren’t happy with the referee. And the free has actually been brought forward for dissent. An easy tap-over for Bennett to cut the difference to three.
3 May
6:35PM
34 mins: Waterford 0-10 Limerick 0-15
Limerick stretch Waterford’s defence again and spray the ball out to an unmarked Morrissey for an easy third point of the half.
Gillane then gets his fourth to push Limerick’s lead out again.
3 May
6:36PM
35 mins: Waterford 0-10 Limerick 0-15
O’Donoghue finds O’Brien but Prunty reads his dummy and wins the ball back. Limerick win the ball again and have a sideline to come with one minute of additional time to play.
Waterford could have made that a four-point game with an effort that came back off the post but Limerick have been the better side in the first half.
They seem to getting scores at their ease and are stretching Waterford’s defensive structure every time. Peter Queally’s side need a quick start in the second half to stop Limerick pulling further away.
Cian Lynch is lording the skies for Limerick. Shane O’Brien is humming as well and their half-back line is dominating proceedings.
Mark Fitzgerald gives Waterford the perfect start as Shane Bennett comes in for the second half, with Patrick Fitzgerald making way.
3 May
6:55PM
35 mins: Waterford 0-11 Limerick 0-16
Gillane points from a free to cancel out Fitzgerald’s score.
3 May
6:56PM
37 mins: Waterford 0-12 Limerick 0-16
Stephen Bennett and Jamie Barron combine well in midfield and Mikey Kiely compliments the move with a great score.
Stephen Bennett then gets a yellow card.
3 May
6:58PM
39 mins: Waterford 0-12 Limerick 0-16
Barron wins the Limerick puckout and sends in a long delivery which leads to a scramble for the ball and the referee steps in to award a free to Waterford.
Bennett opts to go short instead of taking the point but the shot from Shane Bennett is blocked out by Mike Casey.
3 May
6:59PM
39 mins: Waterford 0-13 Limerick 0-16
Bennett gets another chance at it, as Waterford win another free and now the gap is down to three. Can they build on this again or will Limerick reassert their authority?
3 May
7:00PM
40 mins: Waterford 0-13 Limerick 0-16
Uncharacteristic wide from Adam English after a well worked move that started with corner back Mike Casey.
3 May
7:01PM
43 mins: Waterford 0-14 Limerick 0-16
Waterford get a ’65 after the ball went out off Seán Finn. Bennett strikes it over and there is just two between them now.
3 May
7:02PM
43 mins: Waterford 0-14 Limerick 0-17
Darragh Lyons fouls English and Gillane scores to bring his tally up to six so far this evening.
3 May
7:05PM
46 mins: Waterford 0-14 Limerick 0-19
English with his third to keep Limerick’s noses in front and Kevin Mahony hits another wide for Waterford.
Gillane then wins Quaid’s puckout and creates space for himself before stretching the lead to five once more.
Waterford change: Gavin Fives comes in for Darragh Lyons.
3 May
7:06PM
47 mins: Waterford 0-14 Limerick 0-20
O’Brien’s third pushes the gap out to six and they have handled that Waterford purple patch brilliantly after they reduced the difference to two. Can the hosts find something to bring themselves back into the contest again?
3 May
7:07PM
48 mins: Waterford 0-14 Limerick 0-20
Free out to Limerick against Jamie Barron for touching the ball on the ground. Limerick make a change as Will O’Donoghue comes off for Cathal O’Neill.
3 May
7:09PM
49 mins: Waterford 0-15 Limerick 0-20
Billy Nolan with a second monster point from a free and Waterford need to use that as the launchpad of a big comeback.
Waterford change: Pádraig Fitzgerald replaces Kevin Mahony
3 May
7:10PM
50 mins: Waterford 0-15 Limerick 0-21
Gillane with another free to make Waterford’s task more difficult again.
3 May
7:11PM
52 mins: Waterford 0-16 Limerick 0-22
Colin Coughlan with a super strike after a scrappy sequence of play where both sides lost possession cheaply.
Mark Fitzgerald responds with his second from half back to give Waterford some hope.
3 May
7:13PM
55 mins: Waterford 0-16 Limerick 0-23
Nolan sends the ball long but Limerick are renowned for dealing with that kind of play and they sweep it up to launch a counter attack. Some good interplay, and a block by Coughlan, results in a point for Hegarty.
Seven between them again.
3 May
7:14PM
55 mins: Waterford 0-16 Limerick 0-23
Lynch penalised for charging into Paddy Leavy and Waterford get the free from a long way out. It looks like Nolan is coming up to take it.
3 May
7:15PM
56 mins: Waterford 0-16 Limerick 0-23
His effort is just wide of the posts and Waterford are just getting no luck. Cathal O’Neill tries to extend Limerick’s lead again but credit to Waterford’s backs who swarm and force him to pull his shot wide.
3 May
7:17PM
58 mins: Waterford 0-18 Limerick 0-24
A Bennett free is his seventh point of the night. Back to six but you get the feeling they need a goal at this point. Mark Fitzgerald then marches forward looking for another point but his shot lands in Quaid’s hand.
Limerick punish them through Cian Lynch before Barron gets a point.
3 May
7:18PM
59 mins: Waterford 0-18 Limerick 0-24
Morrissey takes a shot from the sideline without any pressure but his off target.
Morrissey is then taken off for Aidan O’Connor.
3 May
7:19PM
60 mins: Waterford 0-18 Limerick 0-24
SAVE!
Bennett pulls on a loose ball with a one-handed strike but Quaid parries away for a ’65.
3 May
7:19PM
61 mins: Waterford 0-19 Limerick 0-24
Bennett comes out to take the ’65 and drives it over to leave five between them. They need a big 10 minutes now.
3 May
7:22PM
61 mins: Waterford 0-19 Limerick 0-25
Frantic few moments there. A superb sideline cut finds Iarlaith Daly out wide. He comes charging through and thought there was a goal chance on for Kiely, but Limerick crowd them out and Cian Lynch eventually gets a free.
Jack Prendergast then registers a wide and Aidan O’Connor points from puckout.
3 May
7:24PM
64 mins: Waterford 0-20 Limerick 0-26
Bennett and O’Neill trade scores as Austin Gleeson enters the fray to make an impact off the bench.
3 May
7:25PM
66 mins: Waterford 0-20 Limerick 0-27
Conor Prunty tries to get the block in but O’Brien is in exceptional form and he fizzes the ball over.
Darragh O’Donovan is in for Limerick for the last few minutes.
3 May
7:26PM
67 mins: Waterford 0-20 Limerick 0-27
Gleeson tries one over his shoulder but Quaid comes out to collect.
3 May
7:27PM
68 mins: Waterford 0-21 Limerick 0-27
Shane Bennett knocks over a point and Waterford are not going away but they need a goal to eat into that six-point Limerick lead.
3 May
7:28PM
69 mins: Waterford 0-21 Limerick 0-28
Gillane on song again and Waterford just could not handle the Limerick attack today. They have been relentless all day.
Three minutes of added time to be played.
3 May
7:31PM
72 mins: Waterford 0-22 Limerick 0-28
Gavin Fives with an excellent step to evade a challenge and complete a surging run with a well-taken point. Only seconds left now.
Well, that was comprehensive practically from start to finish from the Munster six-in-a-row champions. Waterford got it back to two points at one stage but they just could not live with Limerick’s firepower.
Cian Lynch has deservedly been named as the man of the match. Aaron Gillane and Shane O’Brien were superb throughout as they won all the individual battles to deliver a first win of the series after playing out a draw against Tipperary in the first round.
The seven-in-a-row charge is certainly on now.
3 May
7:38PM
Well that’s all from us folks. We hope you enjoyed our coverage today and we look forward to having you with us again soon.
Until next time, good luck!
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As it happened: Waterford v Limerick, Munster senior hurling championship
Hello and welcome along to our coverage of the Munster hurling round-robin clash between Waterford and Limerick.
Waterford made a winning start to their campaign last weekend with an impressive performance against Clare, while Limerick come into this tie on the back of a thrilling draw against Tipperary.
Another gripping battle is in store today, and we will be taking you through all the action. We’ll have team line-ups for you in the next few moments as we gear up for the 6pm throw-in.
Limerick (v Waterford)
1. Nickie Quaid (Effin)
2. Sean Finn (Bruff), 3. Dan Morrissey (Ahane), 4. Mike Casey (Na Piarsaigh)
5. Diarmaid Byrnes (Patrickswell), 6. Kyle Hayes (Kildimo-Pallaskenry), 7.Barry Nash (South Liberties)
8. Adam English (Doon), 9. William O’Donoghue (Na Piarsaigh)
10. Gearóid Hegarty (St Patrick’s), 11. Cian Lynch (Patrickswell, captain), 12. Tom Morrissey (Ahane)
13. Aaron Gillane (Patrickswell), 14. Shane O’Brien (Kilmallock), 15. David Reidy (Dromin-Athlacca).
Waterford (v Limerick)
1. Billy Nolan (Roanmore)
2. Ian Kenny (Ballygunner), 3. Conor Prunty (Abbeyside-Ballinacourty), 4. Iarlaith Daly (Lismore)
5. Mark Fitzgerald (Passage), 6. Tadhg De Búrca (Clashmore-Kinsalebeg), 7. Paddy Leavey (Ballygunner)
8. Darragh Lyons (Dungarvan), 9. Jamie Barron (Fourmilewater)
10. Jack Prendergast (Lismore), 11. Stephen Bennett (Ballysaggart), 12. Patrick Curran (Dungarvan)
13. Kevin Mahony (Ballygunner), 14. Dessie Hutchinson (Ballygunner), 15. Patrick Fitzgerald (Ballygunner)
Before throw-in, have a read about the rise of Stephen Bennett and his incredible feats despite ongoing chronic hip issues.
‘Maybe down the road, he’ll suffer a bit over it. But he loves playing for Waterford’
It’s almost time now! Call the winner here
Poll Results:
Throw-in! Waterford v Limerick
1 min: Waterford 0-0 Limerick 0-1
The first score goes to Limerick, and it’s a boomer from Diarmaid Byrnes.
2 mins: Waterford 0-0 Limerick 0-2
Shane O’Brien swings it over his left shoulder to double Limerick’s advantage.
3 mins: Waterford 0-0 Limerick 0-2
Tadhg De Búrca wins a free to give Waterford a breather after that early Limerick burst. A long delivery comes into the possession of Nickie Quaid and the move ends in a Waterford sideline cut.
4 mins: Waterford 0-1 Limerick 0-2
Darragh Lyons cuts it straight into Kyle Hayes. The ball is sent down to O’Brien but his second shot at the post goes wide.
The puckout comes down to the man in today, Patrick Fitzgerald and he splits the posts.
4 mins: Waterford 0-1 Limerick 0-3
Cian Lynch, who was completely unmarked, gets the ball and taps it over to restore the two-point lead.
6 mins: Waterford 0-2 Limerick 0-3
Kevin Mahony hits a wide before Stephen Bennett earns a free in front of the posts which he pops over himself to keep in touch with Limerick.
6 mins: Waterford 0-2 Limerick 0-4
Cian Lynch makes a great fetch from Quaid’s puckout. Adam English tries to carry the ball through but he’s gobbled up and Waterford turn over possession.
The ball comes down to Dessie Hutchinson but it’s another wide for Waterford and Limerick punish them with a Barry Nash point.
9 mins: Waterford 0-2 Limerick 0-6
Adam English collects a gorgeous stick pass from Lynch before drilling his shot over. English adds another seconds later to put four between the teams. Limerick are in control here.
10 mins: Waterford 0-2 Limerick 0-6
Gearóid Hegarty the latest to take a shot at the posts but he fails to get the effort on target.
Waterford win the ball back and string a few nice handpasses together before spraying the ball out wide to Fitzgerald and he registers a third wide for Waterford.
10 mins: Waterford 0-2 Limerick 0-7
Limerick’s Tom Morrissey shoots on sight and suddenly, the gap is out to five points. Waterford need a response.
12 mins: Waterford 0-3 Limerick 0-7
Byrnes receives a yellow card for a four on Mahony and Bennett converts a much-needed score for Waterford.
13 mins: Waterford 0-4 Limerick 0-7
Morrissey hits his second wide of the game as Waterford’s Mark Fitzgerald earns a free in their own half of the field. Bennett comes back to take and puts it over from a long way out.
Huge score for Waterford.
14 mins: Waterford 0-5 Limerick 0-7
And now there’s just two between the teams after Jack Prendergast points from the puckout. Big swing in the game as Waterford hit three points in a row.
15 mins: Waterford 0-5 Limerick 0-8
Aaron Gillane opens his account with a free to cool that Waterford upsurge.
17 mins: Waterford 0-5 Limerick 0-9
Referee awards a free to Gillane for a foul by Iarlaith Daly and Gillane pucks it over from a tight angle to reaffirm that cushion for Limerick.
19 mins: Waterford 0-5 Limerick 0-10
Puckout lands in the Waterford full-forward line but Limerick break out with the ball as Bennett appeals for a free.
Lynch secures possession and grabs his third point of the evening. Meanwhile, Limerick have introduced Colin Coughlan for Diarmaid Byrnes who received that yellow card earlier.
21 mins: Waterford 0-6 Limerick 0-10
Hutchinson with an important score after another strong period from Limerick. Darragh Lyons then draws out at the sideline in their own half. Bennett tries another long-distance hit but it doesn’t have the legs.
21 mins: Waterford 0-6 Limerick 0-10
POST!
Shane O’Brien surely took paint off the post with that bullet. But the ball comes back into play and Waterford will be relieved to see that intervention. It was a brilliant shat that easily beat Billy Nolan, but the far post kept it out.
23 mins: Waterford 0-6 Limerick 0-12
Another Gillane free puts Limerick five up ahead. Mark Fitzgerald then goes on a ramble up the field and shoots from distance, but he fails to get the ball between the posts.
Limerick come straight back down and Tom Morrissey delivers his second of the first half.
25 mins: Waterford 0-7 Limerick 0-12
Darragh Lyons cuts the ball into the path of Coughlan. A crossfield pass comes to Barry Nash who takes a shot but fails to draw it in sufficiently.
Waterford are struggling at the back, and they almost lose possession again but for the referee’s whistle signalling a free out. Billy Nolan comes out and drives it over from down town.
26 mins: Waterford 0-7 Limerick 0-12
Waterford change: Patrick Curron is replaced by Michael Kiely.
28 mins: Waterford 0-8 Limerick 0-12
That’s a fifth wide for Limerick as Coughlan shoots after a scramble for possession in midfield.
Jamie Barron then provides a score from an impossible angle.
29 mins: Waterford 0-9 Limerick 0-13
That man Shane O’Brien again turns at his ease and slips the ball over to keep the gap at five. But Kevin Mahony responds almost immediately with a huge effort from out the field.
30 mins: Waterford 0-9 Limerick 0-13
Waterford win a free through Kevin Mahony as the hosts look to have found some momentum. But it’s a miss from Bennett, and they needed that.
32 mins: Waterford 0-9 Limerick 0-13
Waterford fans fume over a challenge on De Búrca by Will O’Donoghue. Referee Colm Lyons is initially not interested but Waterford do get the free eventually.
Bennett misses again and the wides are killing Waterford.
33 mins: Waterford 0-10 Limerick 0-13
Danger for a second there as Adam English sniffed a goal chance but Waterford bring the ball out.
Jamie Barron wins a free and now it’s the Limerick fans who aren’t happy with the referee. And the free has actually been brought forward for dissent. An easy tap-over for Bennett to cut the difference to three.
34 mins: Waterford 0-10 Limerick 0-15
Limerick stretch Waterford’s defence again and spray the ball out to an unmarked Morrissey for an easy third point of the half.
Gillane then gets his fourth to push Limerick’s lead out again.
35 mins: Waterford 0-10 Limerick 0-15
O’Donoghue finds O’Brien but Prunty reads his dummy and wins the ball back. Limerick win the ball again and have a sideline to come with one minute of additional time to play.
Half-Time! Waterford 0-10 Limerick 0-15
Waterford 0-10 Limerick 0-15
Waterford could have made that a four-point game with an effort that came back off the post but Limerick have been the better side in the first half.
They seem to getting scores at their ease and are stretching Waterford’s defensive structure every time. Peter Queally’s side need a quick start in the second half to stop Limerick pulling further away.
Cian Lynch is lording the skies for Limerick. Shane O’Brien is humming as well and their half-back line is dominating proceedings.
Second-half: Waterford 0-10 Limerick 0-15
35 mins: Waterford 0-11 Limerick 0-15
Mark Fitzgerald gives Waterford the perfect start as Shane Bennett comes in for the second half, with Patrick Fitzgerald making way.
35 mins: Waterford 0-11 Limerick 0-16
Gillane points from a free to cancel out Fitzgerald’s score.
37 mins: Waterford 0-12 Limerick 0-16
Stephen Bennett and Jamie Barron combine well in midfield and Mikey Kiely compliments the move with a great score.
Stephen Bennett then gets a yellow card.
39 mins: Waterford 0-12 Limerick 0-16
Barron wins the Limerick puckout and sends in a long delivery which leads to a scramble for the ball and the referee steps in to award a free to Waterford.
Bennett opts to go short instead of taking the point but the shot from Shane Bennett is blocked out by Mike Casey.
39 mins: Waterford 0-13 Limerick 0-16
Bennett gets another chance at it, as Waterford win another free and now the gap is down to three. Can they build on this again or will Limerick reassert their authority?
40 mins: Waterford 0-13 Limerick 0-16
Uncharacteristic wide from Adam English after a well worked move that started with corner back Mike Casey.
43 mins: Waterford 0-14 Limerick 0-16
Waterford get a ’65 after the ball went out off Seán Finn. Bennett strikes it over and there is just two between them now.
43 mins: Waterford 0-14 Limerick 0-17
Darragh Lyons fouls English and Gillane scores to bring his tally up to six so far this evening.
46 mins: Waterford 0-14 Limerick 0-19
English with his third to keep Limerick’s noses in front and Kevin Mahony hits another wide for Waterford.
Gillane then wins Quaid’s puckout and creates space for himself before stretching the lead to five once more.
Waterford change: Gavin Fives comes in for Darragh Lyons.
47 mins: Waterford 0-14 Limerick 0-20
O’Brien’s third pushes the gap out to six and they have handled that Waterford purple patch brilliantly after they reduced the difference to two. Can the hosts find something to bring themselves back into the contest again?
48 mins: Waterford 0-14 Limerick 0-20
Free out to Limerick against Jamie Barron for touching the ball on the ground. Limerick make a change as Will O’Donoghue comes off for Cathal O’Neill.
49 mins: Waterford 0-15 Limerick 0-20
Billy Nolan with a second monster point from a free and Waterford need to use that as the launchpad of a big comeback.
Waterford change: Pádraig Fitzgerald replaces Kevin Mahony
50 mins: Waterford 0-15 Limerick 0-21
Gillane with another free to make Waterford’s task more difficult again.
52 mins: Waterford 0-16 Limerick 0-22
Colin Coughlan with a super strike after a scrappy sequence of play where both sides lost possession cheaply.
Mark Fitzgerald responds with his second from half back to give Waterford some hope.
55 mins: Waterford 0-16 Limerick 0-23
Nolan sends the ball long but Limerick are renowned for dealing with that kind of play and they sweep it up to launch a counter attack. Some good interplay, and a block by Coughlan, results in a point for Hegarty.
Seven between them again.
55 mins: Waterford 0-16 Limerick 0-23
Lynch penalised for charging into Paddy Leavy and Waterford get the free from a long way out. It looks like Nolan is coming up to take it.
56 mins: Waterford 0-16 Limerick 0-23
His effort is just wide of the posts and Waterford are just getting no luck. Cathal O’Neill tries to extend Limerick’s lead again but credit to Waterford’s backs who swarm and force him to pull his shot wide.
58 mins: Waterford 0-18 Limerick 0-24
A Bennett free is his seventh point of the night. Back to six but you get the feeling they need a goal at this point. Mark Fitzgerald then marches forward looking for another point but his shot lands in Quaid’s hand.
Limerick punish them through Cian Lynch before Barron gets a point.
59 mins: Waterford 0-18 Limerick 0-24
Morrissey takes a shot from the sideline without any pressure but his off target.
Morrissey is then taken off for Aidan O’Connor.
60 mins: Waterford 0-18 Limerick 0-24
SAVE!
Bennett pulls on a loose ball with a one-handed strike but Quaid parries away for a ’65.
61 mins: Waterford 0-19 Limerick 0-24
Bennett comes out to take the ’65 and drives it over to leave five between them. They need a big 10 minutes now.
61 mins: Waterford 0-19 Limerick 0-25
Frantic few moments there. A superb sideline cut finds Iarlaith Daly out wide. He comes charging through and thought there was a goal chance on for Kiely, but Limerick crowd them out and Cian Lynch eventually gets a free.
Jack Prendergast then registers a wide and Aidan O’Connor points from puckout.
64 mins: Waterford 0-20 Limerick 0-26
Bennett and O’Neill trade scores as Austin Gleeson enters the fray to make an impact off the bench.
66 mins: Waterford 0-20 Limerick 0-27
Conor Prunty tries to get the block in but O’Brien is in exceptional form and he fizzes the ball over.
Darragh O’Donovan is in for Limerick for the last few minutes.
67 mins: Waterford 0-20 Limerick 0-27
Gleeson tries one over his shoulder but Quaid comes out to collect.
68 mins: Waterford 0-21 Limerick 0-27
Shane Bennett knocks over a point and Waterford are not going away but they need a goal to eat into that six-point Limerick lead.
69 mins: Waterford 0-21 Limerick 0-28
Gillane on song again and Waterford just could not handle the Limerick attack today. They have been relentless all day.
Three minutes of added time to be played.
72 mins: Waterford 0-22 Limerick 0-28
Gavin Fives with an excellent step to evade a challenge and complete a surging run with a well-taken point. Only seconds left now.
Full-Time! Waterford 0-22 Limerick 0-28
Waterford 0-22 Limerick 0-28
Well, that was comprehensive practically from start to finish from the Munster six-in-a-row champions. Waterford got it back to two points at one stage but they just could not live with Limerick’s firepower.
Cian Lynch has deservedly been named as the man of the match. Aaron Gillane and Shane O’Brien were superb throughout as they won all the individual battles to deliver a first win of the series after playing out a draw against Tipperary in the first round.
The seven-in-a-row charge is certainly on now.
Well that’s all from us folks. We hope you enjoyed our coverage today and we look forward to having you with us again soon.
Until next time, good luck!
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