Munster MFC Semi-finalsCork 3-14 Tipperary 0-7 Cork had little difficulty beating a weak challenge from Tipperary at a wet Gaelic Grounds last evening.

Tipperary trailed by just 0-4 to 0-2 after 17 minutes but the floodgates opened after the excellent Colm O'Neill found the net in the 25th minute and Cork led 1-8 to 0-4 at the interval.

Dave Kearney ended any hopes of a Tipperary revival with a 38th-minute goal before Colm O'Driscoll rattled in the third to make it 3-12 to 0-5 after 50 minutes.

CORK: T O'Connor; J O'Callaghan, E Cotter, C O'Brien; S Kiely, M O'Brien, A Fenton; F Lynch (0-2), A Barry; C O'Driscoll (1-2), D Crowley (0-2), R Kenny; C O'Neill (1-3, two frees), Scannell, D Kearney (1-5). Subs: K O'Sullivan for Scannell (37 mins), D O'Donoghue for Barry (43 mins), B Daly for O'Neill (50 mins), E Hegarty for Crowley (52 mins), R O'Dwyer for Kiely (57 mins).

TIPPERARY: M O'Donnell; T Ryan, W O'Dwyer, C Morrissey; K Harney, T Stapleton, T Dunne; G Hannigan, R Ryan (0-1); C McGrath, D Lyne, D Darcy (0-2); T Dalton (0-2, one free), T Kenneally, B Jones (0-1). Subs: D O'Hanlon (0-1) for Lyne (2 mins), K O'Donoghue for Morrissey (23 mins), D Byrnes for O'Hanlon (52 mins), M Doyle for Kenneally (56 mins).

Referee: R Hickey (Clare).