Allianz Hurling League Division One 

TIPPERARY 1-20 WATERFORD 1-11

By John Fallon at Semple Stadium

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Jason Forde was in top form and delivered 1-9 as Tipperary bounced back from their opening round loss to Clare with a win at Semple Stadium.

Tipp blew Waterford away in the second-half with Derek McGrath’s men managing just 1-1 against the breeze.

Tipperary trailed by just a point at 0-10 to 0-9 at the break and then pulled away in the second-half.

It took a save from Waterford goalkeeper Stephen O’Keeffe to deny Paudie Feehan just 17 seconds after the restart but Forde tied the sides for the fourth time from the resultant 65.

They took over from there and hit three points in a row before Waterford hit back with a quality goal when a good passing movement was finished to the net from a tight angle by Mark O’Brien.

That tied the game at 0-13 to 1-10 but Tipperary were awarded a penalty when Breen was fouled by Ian Kenny.

Forde stepped forward to blast home the penalty and Waterford suffered another blow when Austin Gleeson limped off.

Tipperary pushed on to lead by 1-16 to 1-10 going into the final quarter when Sean Curran, Brendan Maher and Ronan Maher struck good points.

They would have been out of sight had goalkeeper Stephen O’Keeffe not produced a wonderful save to deny Forde.

But Waterford lacked penetration at the other end to eat into the lead and Tipperary pushed for home and their first win of the campaign.

Ronan Maher landed a sideline cut from the right and Forde tapped over another free as they pulled away for a deserved win.

Tipperary continued to turn the screw and Ronan Maher split the posts with another fine effort from out the field.

Jamie Barron got Waterford’s only point of the second-half in stoppage time at the death as they added five wides after the restart and fell to their second defeat of the Allianz League.

Scorers for Tipperary: Jason Forde 1-9 (1-0 pen, 7fs, 165), Ronan Maher 0-4 (1 sideline), Sean Curran 0-2, Noel McGrath 0-2 (1 sideline), Brendan Maher 0-1, Michael Breen 0-1, John McGrath 0-1.

**Scorers for Waterford: **Patrick Curran 0-3 (3fs), Mike O’Brien 1-0, Mikey Kearney 0-3, Brian O’Halloran 0-1, Austin Gleeson 0-1, DJ Foran 0-1, I Kenny 0-1, Jamie Barron 0-1.

TIPPERARY: Paul Maher; Alan Flynn, Tomas Hamill, Sean O'Brien; Joe O'Dwyer, Padraic Maher, Ronan Maher; Brendan Maher, Paudie Feehan; Dan McCormack, Noel McGrath, Sean Curran; Michael Breen, Jason Forde, John McGrath.

Subs: Paul Shanahan for McCormack (4), James Barry for O’Dwyer (10), Patrick Maher for Shanahan (58), Cian Darcy for Curran (68).

WATERFORD: Stephen O'Keeffe; Shane Fives, Barry Coughlan, Ian Kenny; Mark O'Brien, Austin Gleeson, Kieran Bennett; Stephen Roche, Mikey Kearney; Kevin Moran, Colin Dunford, Brian O'Halloran; Stephen Bennett, DJ Foran, Patrick Curran.

Subs: Peter Hogan for Roche (19), Shane McNulty for Gleeson (51), Jamie Barron for O’Brien (55), Pauric Mahony for Dunford (58), Michael Walsh for S Bennett (60).

REFEREE: Colm Lyons (Cork).