Well now we know. Limerick are still Limerick and Cork are still Cork. Nobody really imagined that the All-Ireland champions were doing anything other than playing possum in the league and so it told. They spotted Cork a goal after 16 seconds in Páirc Uí Chaoimh and still ran out 2-25 to 1-17 winners. If they give Waterford the same treatment next Saturday night in the Gaelic Grounds, an already compressed championship could feel done after six days.
John Kiely’s side are long enough at this now not to be fretting over the concession of a first-minute goal. But even so, Shane King …
- April 18, 2022
