All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship semi-final: Loughrea (Galway) 2-22 Slaughtneil (Derry) 0-15
Goals either side of half-time propelled Loughrea into only their second All-Ireland senior club hurling final.
The Galway champions, who lost the 2007 decider to Ballyhale Shamrocks, were comfortable winners at Parnell Park against a Slaughtneil side chasing a maiden All-Ireland final appearance.
Slaughtneil had fallen at this hurdle on five previous occasions but it rarely felt like it was going to be sixth time lucky for the Derry side – and this unravelled to be their heaviest semi-final defeat since losing to Cuala by 16 points in 2017.
Anthony Burns struck Loughrea’s opening goal five minutes before the interval to help his side lead 1-9 to 0-10 at the turnaround.
And when Vince Morgan rifled an effort to the top corner of the Slaughtneil net in the 37th minute to give Loughrea a 2-12 to 0-11 advantage, t
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