Waterford 1-8 Cork 1-14
Cork advanced to a Munster minor football final meeting with Kerry after seeing off Waterford in Dungarvan – a county that have never beaten their neighbours at this grade.
At the break, Cork led by 1-6 to 0-4, having produced a dominant opening quarter. Within seven minutes they were 1-2 to the good without reply, with Sean O’Donoghue firing home a goal from 15 yards.
The visitors hit seven second -half points without reply with corner-forward Shane Kingston picking off some superb scores. And while Jack Mullaney rifled home a goal for Waterford on the brink of full-time, a strong Cork side were not to be denied.
CORK: C O'Driscoll; C O'Donovan, K Flahive, S Powter; T Bushe, D Meaney, C Kiely; S O'Leary, B Coakley; S O'Donoghue (1-1), M Ó Duinnín (0-2), S Ronayne (0-1); S Kingston (0-4), M Hurley (0-3; 0-2f), D Buckley (0-2; 0-2f). Subs: M Collins (0-1) for Coakley (35), D O'Neill for O'Donoghue (46), M Cottrell for O Duinnín (55), M Lordan for O'Donovan (57), G Murphy for Buckley (60), A Hassett for Lordan (60).
WATERFORD: C Brown; C O'Neill, J Guiry, M Cronin; M Shine, E O'Halloran, J Mullaney (1-1); C Curran, C Prunty; D Guiry, C Murray (0-1), A Donnelly; J Allen (0-2f), C Gleeson (0-4f), D Lyons. Subs: J Elstead for Shine (47), G Hearne for Allen (59) M Sweeney for Guiry (47), P Whyte for O'Halloran (60), P Tobin for Sweeney (60).
Referee: E Walsh (Kerry).