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Waterford finish on a positive against flat Tipperary

Tipperary were left with Limerick to thank for keeping their championship dreams alive although their Munster final hopes were ended after Waterford exposed a flat Premier performance.

The Déise signed off with their best showing of the Munster championship, with Dessie Hutchinson's 52nd-minute goal, their first in six games, helping them to preserve a nine-point half-time lead.

Limerick's one-point win means Tipperary will now meet Offaly in an All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final, while Waterford can go back to their clubs with some pride restored after Davy Fitzgerald’s troops got the better of their former boss Liam Cahill.

There were five injury-enforced changes, with Cathal Barrett and Jake Morris missing out for Tipperary, while Conor Prunty, Jamie Barron, and Austin Gleeson were absent for Waterford.

There was a first championship start for Séamus Callanan since the 2021 All-Ireland quarter-final but that took second billing to Fitzgerald’s decision to play goalkeeper Billy Nolan as the Déise sweeper.

The Roanmore stopper plays outfield for his club but has never done so for his county. He lined out wearing an outfield version of the no.16 sub-keeper’s jersey and picked off a Noel McGrath handpass that led to a Peter Hogan point.

He had a couple more contributions to scores before landing one of his own from his own 65 in the 31st minute.

Nolan’s role relieved Jack Fagan to advance more from wing-back and he clipped three points inside the first dozen minutes, while the Ballygunner inside duo of Dessie Hutchinson and Patrick Fitzgerald were causing all sorts of problems to add another three each.

They were devouring Tipp on puck-outs, both long and short, as the hosts went 13 minutes before their first shot from play, a

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