O’Reilly the hero as Galway cruise

AILISH O’REILLY hit a goal and three points while Carrie Dolan slotted eight points from placed balls as Galway assured themselves of a place in the Littlewoods Ireland Camogie League Division 1 semi-finals when getting the better of Waterford by 1-14 to 1-6. All that is to be determined in Group 2 now is who will advance as top seeds, with Cathal Murray’s troops playing host next weekend to All-Ireland champions Cork, who also boast a 100 per cent record from three rounds. The same applies in Group 1, with a 5-18 to 1-10 victory for Kilkenny over Offaly at St Rynagh’s and a 1-16 to 1-12 triumph for Limerick over Dublin at Parnells leaving both with unblemished records ahead of their clash next Sunday. Beth Carton hit all six of Waterford’s points against Galway, while young substitute Kaiesha Tobin’s goal will take some bettering in terms of team play but the home side did not do enough with the wind in the first half, despite the efforts of Orla Hickey, Aoife Landers and Keeley Corbett-Barry, while they were punished severely for repeated defensive indiscipline by Dolan. In the other Group 2 tie, Tipperary manager Bill Mullaney pitched in four of last year’s minors for their first starts and he will have been delighted with how they fared as the Premier left St Patrick’s Park with their first win of the campaign, by 5-11 to 0-8 over Wexford.