All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship Semi-finals:Tommy Larkins of Galway and Clonkill of Westmeath will clash in the decider after yesterday's wins over Clare's Clonlara and Armagh's Keady respectively.
A second-half goal by corner-forward Mickey Fahy proved decisive in Nenagh, with Tommy Larkins eventually overcoming Clonlara 1-11 to 0-11.
Clonlara also had the ball in the back of the net early in the second half - when Tommy Lynch netted after a reverse hand-pass from Donach Honan close to the end-line - but the umpire deemed Honan to have carried the sliotar over the line and the goal was duly disallowed.
In Ballybay, a sharper Clonkill proved too strong for Keady - the Westmeath side winning 1-10 to 1-4.
SCORERS
TOMMY LARKINS: E Hayes 0-4 (frees); M Fahy 1-1; K Hooban, D Garvey, A Garvey (free) 0-2 each. CLONLARA: J Conlon 0-5 (frees); C O'Donovan 0-2; N O'Connell, T Lynch, N O'Connell, T O'Donovan, D Honan 0-1 each.
CLONKILL: B Murtagh 0-4; S Owens 1-0; A Mitchell, E Loughlin, L Folan 0-2 each. KEADY: P McCormick 1-2, B McCormick, L McKee 0-1 each.
