Tipperary go on losing this fixture. Limerick can’t stay beating them often enough.
Tipp’s winless run against John Kiely’s side extends to 13 games and into an eighth year. Tipp’s six-game unbeaten home run dies without a whimper.
The hosts operated with 14 men from the second minute of the second half. But let no 14-man headlines tell a white lie.
The two points were going back down the road long before Willie Connor’s hurl made contact with the faceguard of Darragh O’Donovan for a straight red card.
Given the difference on the scoreboard was 13 points when Connors walked, the second period, watched by a crowd of 15,221, was a non-event.
The 35-year-old Noel McGrath and his five second-half points from play meant he…