Waterford avenged their league final defeat as they dismissed a misfiring Clare side in Semple Stadium this afternoon on a scoreline of 1-21 to 0-17.
Maurice Shanahan raised the green flag early for the Déise and that set the tone as they managed to keep Davy Fitzgerald's Clare at arms length through the 70 minutes.
Last year's Munster finalists, Waterford took a 1-09 to 0-08 point lead in at the break, and accelerated clear in the second half with an excellent display in hurling.
Austin Gleeson was superb from half-back, hitting six points, including a monster sideline cut, while Pauric Mahony matched his point scoring exploits.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Austin Gleeson with a sideline cut over the bar <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hurling?src=hash">#hurling</a> <a href="https://t.co/aatMEq5LgU">pic.twitter.com/aatMEq5LgU</a></p>— Nathan Adams (@NathanAdams95) <a href="https://twitter.com/NathanAdams95/status/739491940006301696">June 5, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Waterford will now face either Limerick or Tipperary in the Munster final.
Clare’s Shane O’Donnell hurdles the bench while coming on to the pitch
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Waterford's Maurice Shanahan in action against Clare’s Patrick O’Connor
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Waterford's Maurice Shanahan celebrates scoring a goal
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Clare's Shane O'Donnell and Barry Coughlan of Waterford
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Waterford's Kevin Moran in action against Clare’s Darach Honan
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Michael Walsh of Waterford in action against Clare’s Patrick O’Connor
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A Clare fan cheers a score
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Waterford's Pauric Mahony
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Clare manager Davy Fitzgerald
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Pauric Mahony scores a free for Waterford
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