Tipperary topple Banner to advance

Updated: Sunday, 20 Apr 2014 18:16 | Comments Patrick 'Bonner' Maher scored two goals for Tipperary Seamus Callanan scored twelve points as Tipperary ran out 2-23 to 2-17 winners against All-Ireland champions Clare in their Allianz Hurling League semi-final at the Gaelic Grounds. The Premier County will contest a second successive final against Kilkenny on May 4, with Semple Stadium in Thurles mooted as the most likely venue. Patrick ‘Bonner’ Maher was Tipperary’s other scoring hero during the course of this six-point win with two goals – one in each half.  Tipperary had been well beaten by Clare when the counties met in Thurles last month, with Conor McGrath hitting a hat-trick of goals for the Banner County, but the tables were turned emphatically