Cork 2-22 Waterford 1-19
Plenty to report from Walsh Park after a high-energy raid by the Cork hurlers ended with their faint hopes of staying in the championship still very much intact. The corollary is that Waterford, long identified as the principal pretenders to Limerick’s throne, have fallen into a deep abyss, from which they may well not escape.
Throw in Cork’s Patrick Horgan annexing Joe Canning’s championship scoring record, “an incredible achievement,” according to his manager Kieran Kingston, and some sparky sideline business that included Kingston being shown a yellow card, which he felt was unfair, on the hour and there was plenty to interest the crowd of nearly 11,000 even if the vast majority will have ended the afternoon bitterly disappointed.
As it stands Waterford will not advance to the All-Ireland series if Cork defeat Tipperary – regardless of what they themselves achieve in Ennis next week.
So much has …
- May 16, 2022
