CORK AND TIPP NEED A REPLAY; MINOR HURLING.

Byline: DENIS HURLEY 

Tipperary 5-17 Cork 5-17 (AET)

CORK and Tipperary will have to meet again after extra time could not separate them in a pulsating game at Pairc Ui Chaoimh last night.

At half-time in extra time, Tipp led by 4-17 to 3-14 but goals from Brian Hartnett and Dean Brosnan looked to have given Cork the win.

But Tipp's star man John O'Dwyer found the net to make it 5-17 to 5-16 before a David Drake 65 levelled matters at the death.

O'Dwyer's early goal had given Tipp a cushion, but Cork went in leading 1-7 to 1-6 after Jamie Coughlan netted in the 23rd minute.

Another goal by Eoin O'Sullivan and a point from Paul Haughney point gave Cork a five-point lead.

In the 44th minute Brian Stapleton inspired Tipp by making it 2-8 to 2-6. Tipp forged two ahead and though Cork did cancel out that, three late points looked to have given them the win before Cork sub Hartnett made it 3-12 to 215 in the 64th minute.

Tipp pulled ahead again in extra time when David Collins raised a third green flag and when David Collins followed that with another, they looked sure of the win until the late drama. TIPP SCORERS: J O'Dwyer 2-6 (0-2f), D Collins 1-2, B Stapleton (0-1 sideline), D Butler 1-1 each, E Murray 0-4 (0-3f), S Curran 0-2, P Heffernan 0-1. CORK: B Hartnett 2-1, D Drake 0-7 (0-3f, 0-1 65), J Coughlan 1-2 (0-1f), E O'Sullivan, D Brosnan 1-1 each, R O'Sullivan, P Haughney, O O'Connell, J Dineen, K Hallissey 0-1 each.

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STAR MAN O'Dwyer