Cork 0-24 Clare 1-10: Cork destroyed Clare with a points blitz in a one-sided Munster Intermediate hurling semi-final at Thurles yesterday.

Cork went six points clear inside the first quarter. Clare, with four points in five minutes, staged a comeback but Cork scored seven unanswered points to lead at the interval 0-14 to 0-4.

Cork's place in the final was well secure before Clare scored their goal, an injury-time effort from a Bernard Gaffney free.

CORK: A Nash; J Hughes, W Twomey, T Lorden; B Lombard, D McSweeney, V Hurley; M O'Callaghan, S Dinneen; R O'Dwyer (0-5), D Dinneen (0-9), J Russell (0-2); S Hayes (0-1), R Doherty (0-4), M O'Sullivan (0-3).

CLARE: S Hawes; A Quilligan, A Cahill, B Bugler; P Lynch, J McInerney, K Sheahan; M Hawes, N Killeen; J Carmody, C Lafferty (0-1), T Kelly; B Gaffney (1-5), C McKeogh (0-2), J Cusack (0-2). Subs: T O'Donovan for Lynch, B Duggan for M Hawes, M Murphy for Kelly, S Arthur for Carmody, H Hayes for Killeen.

Referee: D Richardson (Limerick)