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Kiladangan qualified for his third Tipperary SHC final in five seasons with a successful win over Drom and Inch at Semple Stadium tonight.
However, to win a Dan Breen Cup, Brian Lawlor’s team will face the 2013 winners Loughmore-Castleiney following this 15-point victory over the team that last weekend eliminated Borris-Ileigh, who beat Kiladangan in the deciding match last year.
Drom and Inch were unable to score from the game in the second half, as Kiladangan, who had logged eight widths in the first half, was ruthless in executing his opponents.
Kiladangan was one class apart in the first half and led by nine points in the 28th minute before Drom and Inch rallied to close the gap to seven at halftime, 1-11 to 0-7.
Kiladangan’s goal came in the 23rd minute when Bryan McLoughney threw the ball over a Drom and Inch defender before sending it through the legs of Eoin Collins. It was a deserved score for a team that looked tactically sharper and more aggressive, particularly James Quigley and Willie Connors.
Four of Billy Seymour’s free kicks for Kiladangan came in the first half, while all but two of Drom and Inch’s scores in that span came via Callanan’s placed balls.
B Seymour (0-10, 9 free); B. McLoughney (1-1); P Flynn (0-3); W Connors (0-2); J Gallagher, A Flynn, T Gallagher, S Hayes, R Gleeson (0-1 each).
S Callanan (0-7, 6 free, 1 65); M Connors, D Collins (0-1 each).
E Collins; J Quigley, D Flannery; D McGrath; F Hayes, A Flynn, D Sweeney; W Connors, T Gallagher; B. McLoughney, J. Gallagher, S. Hayes; B Seymour, D O’Meara, P Flynn.
R Gleeson by B McLoughney, A Loughnane by T Gallagher (both 48); D Moran for D McGrath (52); M Minehan for B Seymour (54); C Kelly by F Hayes (57).
B Hogan; K. Hassett, J. Moloney, M. Purcell; R Long; F Purcell, P Campion, L Campion; J Ryan, E Moloney; J Campion, S Callanan (c), J Maher; D Collins, M Connors.
D Butler by J Ryan (37); L Ryan by M Connors (44); T Nolan for J Maher (48).
M Kennedy (Newcastle).
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