Conor Lehane’s sublime scoring show caps Cork’s dismantling of Tipperary

Tipperary 1-24 Cork 3-30
The surprise was that there was no surprise and that’s putting it mildly. Cork – suspected of the type of inconsistency that might prompt them to follow a big result in Walsh Park, which effectively put Waterford out of the championship, with an anti-climactic thud against Tipperary – instead routed their ancient rivals to their biggest defeat in the fixture since 1942.
It was a top-class display from Cork, utilising their tricky combinations and sheer pace to dash through the cavernous gaps in the opposition rearguard. They were sharp enough to score even when the space was less extravagant and on a stage made for him, Conor Lehane deli …

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