Mark Hartley missed a last-gasp levelling free as Tipperary escaped with victory over Waterford for the eighth year in a row in front of 1,973 fans at Cappoquin Logistics Fraher Field.
The Déise were also left to regret Davy Comerford’s 42nd-minute penalty, which was saved by Paddy McCormack, when they could’ve moved four points to the good.
The hosts’ winless streak extends to 15 games at this grade, while the All-Ireland champions thoroughly rode their luck to escape with a second successive narrow triumph.
Having scored 0-11 into the wind, they scored just 0-5 with it in a cautious and error-strewn second half. Crucially, they also held Waterford to 0-5 in that period and squeaked through a sin-bin spell with 14 men by…