Tipperary moving in the right direction

Tipperary ran out impressive winners at Pearse Stadium against a Galway side who were well off the pace in a game which lacked real intensity.

A goal from a sideline cut by Brendan Maher helped Tipp race into a 1-5 to 0-1 lead after just nine minutes and a goal from Shane Bourke after 17 minutes helped them go 2-10 to 0-5 ahead after 21 minutes.

Galway rallied before the break and a goal from Joe Canning from a free reduced the margin to 2-13 to 1-9 at the interval.

Galway got margin back to a goal in the third quarter but Tipp pulled away again and goals from John O’Dwyer, who finished with 1-6, and Lar Corbett saw them run out easy winners.

Scorers

Tipperary: J O'Dwyer 1-6, S Callanan 0-7 (4f, 2 '65), S Bourke 1-2, L Corbett 1-1, B Maher 1-0 (sideline), J Woodlock 0-3, C O'Mahony 0-1, J Forde 0-1, S McGrath 0-1.

Galway: J Canning 1-10 (1-7f), D Glennon 0-2, N Healy 0-2, A Harte 0-2, D Hayes 0-2, C Donnellan 0-1, I Tannian 0-1.

Tipperary: D Gleeson; P Stapleton, P Curran, M Cahill; P Maher, C O'Mahony, C O'Brien; J Woodlock, B Maher; S McGrath, L Corbett, J O'Brien; J O'Dwyer, S Callanan, S Bourke. Subs: D Maher for O'Mahony 35, N McGrath for Maher 48, B O'Meara for O'Brien 51, J Forde for S Bourke 65, P Bourke for Callanan 68.

Galway: F Flannery; J Coen, K Hynes, F Moore; N Donoghue, J Cooney, D Collins; I Tannian, A Smith; J Glynn, C Donnellan, D Glennon; N Healy, J Canning, D Hayes. Subs: A Harte for Donoghue 21, B Flaherty for Cooney 35, N Burke for Donnellan 35, A Callanan for Burke 51,

Referee: B Gavin (Offaly).