Maynooth travelled all the way to Tipperary town just five days after winning the Leinster Championship to take on the losing Munster finalists, Gaelcolaiste of Tralee.  The same team started as had overcome Prosperous in the Leinster final but Maynooth looked slow and cumbersum in the opening exchanges.  The quality of the pitch didn't help, where the previous day it was dry with short grass, this pitch was so soft the ball wasn't bouncing properly and players were resorting to soloing each time they played the ball.  Tralee hit the first point before Maynooth responded with two of their own to settle, the second being a great kick over the shoulder from Josh Gunn.  The rest of the half passed pretty much without incident except for the crowd trying to understand the referee's thinking on some frees.  Both teams trading scores to end a low scoring half at 4 points to 3 in favour of Tralee.

The hope on the sideline at this point was that Maynooth might open the second half the same as they did in the leinster final.  In the dressing room it was deemed necessary to make changes.  Mark Donnellan moved to full forward, Hugh Breen to wing, and Brian Murrey was to give way.  Conor Davin now Partnered James Durcan in midfield and it was this change that started Maynooth's dominance, but it was to be some time before any notable change occured.  In fact it was Trale who tacked on two more points to open up a three point lead, before Maynooth started to fight back.  More substitutions were to make the difference.  Neill Flynn and later Neill Delaney and Bankole Agonsoye played their part towards the end of the game.  The decisive move of the game came with less than fifteen minutes to go when Maynooth worked really well to move the ball cross field using runners and free players.  The ball returned across the field to Hugh Breen who sent it low to the bottom right-hand corner.  This goal energise the lacklustre Maynooth side and one more point followed, before the defence had to do their bit in holding out an ever increasingly desperate Tralee side.  Maynooth had left it late and time became their allay as the game ran out with Maynooth two point to the good.

An All-Ireland final beckons now against the Munster champions in two weeks time.  Location and time to be decided yet.