Tipp minor footballers into All Ireland semi-final

Tipperary qualified for the All Ireland minor football championship semi-final with victory over Meath in the quarter final at Portlaoise on Monday, winning 0-11 to 0-7.

The Munster champions were the better team throughout but only imposed their superiority in the closing stages.

They now meet Connacht champions Roscommon in the semi-final on Sunday, August 21.

See match report, reaction and photographs in The Nationalist on Wednesday.