McGrath Cup SF Semi-finals/Clare 2-11 Cork IT 0-6:Clare proved far too strong for Cork IT in the semi-final of the McGrath Cup in Cooraclare yesterday to give new manager Frank Doherty three wins out of three.

Within a minute of the throw-in Rory Donnelly rattled the Cork IT net after he collected a long ball from midfield, delivered by Frank O'Dea.

Michael O'Shea and Timmy Ryan added points before David Tubridy fisted a second goal in the eighth minute and then O'Dea landed a free to put his side nine points in front. Daniel Goulding eventually got the students off the mark with a point at the end of the first quarter.

Clare had further scores from Tubridy on two occasions to help them to a 2-5 to 0-4 lead at half-time. Colm O'Neill reduced the margin with a point seven minutes into the second half but it was as close as the students could get to their opponents for the remainder of the game.

Clare now face Limerick in the competition's deciding game after the latter beat Limerick IT by 0-14 to 0-6 on Saturday with Ian Ryan scoring five points for the county side.

CLARE: J Hayes; L Healy, C Whelan, D Connole; N Considine, G Kelly, E Doyle; D Kelly, F O'Dea (0-1, free); M O'Shea (0-2), S Hickey (0-1), K Larkin; R Donnelly (1-0), T Ryan (0-1), D Tubridy (1-3, 0-1 free). Subs: S Collins for Donnelly (21 mins), J Larkin (0-1) for K Larkin (half-time), D Russell for J Larkin (48 mins), C Dillon (0-2) for Collins (53 mins), K Whelan for Ryan (60 mins).

CORK IT: B Kealy; R Carey, C Ryan, L Hegarty; F Tobin, E Hegarty, N Canty; A Barry, P O'Flynn; H Curran, R Leahy, P Kerrigan; C O'Neill (0-2, one free), D Goulding (0-1), B Sheehan (0-3, one free). Subs: R O'Dwyer for Canty (22 mins), E Lyons for Curran (half-time), J Fitzpatrick for Barry (half-time), M O'Connor for O'Neill (56 mins).

Referee: P O'Sullivan (Kerry).