Tipperary cruise to impressive win over Antrim
Tipperary maintained their 100% record in Group B of hurling's Division 1 as they powered past Antrim at Corrigan Park on Sunday.
Liam Cahill's side had 11 different scorers on the day as they posted yet another huge tally with nine of those all registering in the opening period.
By half-time they were as good as out of sight as they led by 14 and although Antrim rallied a little, they were never really within striking distance as the Premier finished well.
Neither side had much riding on this game with Antrim already assured of Division One hurling for 2024 and Tipperary through to next week's semi-final, but Tipp had a bit more energy and fluidity about them as their movement and touch was too much for an out-of-sorts Antrim team.
Seaan Elliott nudged Antrim into an early lead, but Tipperary were quickly into their stride with 1-4 in response - the goal coming when Antrim coughed up cheap possession and Mark Kehoe fired home on four minutes.
The scores began to flow for Tipperary with nine different scorers in the opening period, while Antrim struggled to make much headway with any ball into the attack easily mopped up by the visiting defence.
Tipperary's second goal game on 20 minutes as Sean Ryan put Conor Bowe into to rattle the net and this made it 2-08 to 0-04.
Conal Cunning, Nigel Elliott and Michael Bradley were carrying the fight for Antrim, but Tipperary were much more fluid with Gearóid O'Connor, John McGrath and Sean Ryan all finding their range as well as wing-back Enda Heffernan, while goal number three arrived just before the break asp auric Campion got in on the right and finished, helping Tipperary into a 3-13 to 0-8 half-time lead.
O'Connor frees extended the gap after the break before Antrim enjoyed a decent