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Man of the match
William Egan (Cork)
Pa Cronin got the TG4 gong and provided great leadership, including two particularly inspirational points, but Egan did a marvellous job defensively at wing-back and also chipped in 0-3 (2f).
Turning point
Cork's goal after 57 minutes and the arrival of Conor Lehane soon after. It coincided with them scoring 1-4 without reply in eight minutes, and Tipp never recovered.
Talking point
Just how tame Tipperary's challenge was at times. Eoin Kelly's arrival coincided with two goals inside 10 minutes to give them a fighting chance, but they fizzled out very badly.
What they said
Jimmy Barry-Murphy (Cork manager):
"This gave us an opportunity to bring in players in a very, very competitive arena and that's why I was pleased with winning today. We wanted to get to the final."
Declan Ryan (Tipperary manager):
"We'd be very disappointed overall with concentration levels and our ball control, the amount of energy we showed out on the field. Obviously we have a lot of work to do."
Statistics
Wides: Cork 9 (6); Tipperary 9 (7)
Frees: Cork 16 (8); Tipperary (5)
Yellow cards: Cork 1 (C McCarthy 72); Tipperary 2 (Stapleton 28, Cahill 54)
Red cards: 0
Attendance: 15,424
What next?
Cork play Kilkenny in the league final on May 6. Tipperary must lick their wounds before facing Limerick in their Munster Championship opener on May 27.
