Limerick recorded a 0-29 to 2-21 win over Cork at Pairc Ui Chaoimh on Sunday afternoon in a fantastic display of hurling from both sides. The wins now sees John Kiely top of the table with 3 wins from 3 games. They remain the favourites for the league title.

Cian Lynch got the first point immediately after the throw in. Aaron Gillane once again proved his worth from placed balls, while Paddy O’Loughlin also got on the scoreboard. It was 0-12 to 0-06 with the first quarter coming to a close. Gillane fired over four frees without reply to stretch the lead to 8 points, but Patrick Horgan replied with a brace of scores for Kieran Kingston’s charges.

Horgan hit a free on the resumption, before O’Donovan replied. Cork were much more improved in the second half. They registered three of the next four points to narrow the gap to just four points with 45 minutes on the clock. Shane Kingston then got a much needed Cork goal which sparked the game into life. He took a pass from Bill Cooper before firing to the net. The scores were soon level when Horgan scored his 13th point of the day. In response though Gillane put the Treaty county ahead.

Horgan replied to tie the scores up again, before Cork took the lead. They took the lead as Aidan Walsh reacted well when a Horgan free broke in the square. Cork were now ahead but Aaron Gillane kept Limerick in touch. He fired over two more frees. Tom Morrissey’s impact from the bench was immediate firing over a 61st minute point from play to level the game. Patrick Horgan put Cork ahead again but late points from Diarmuid Byrnes and Aaron Gillane sealed a win for Limerick. Limerick record a high scoring 0-29 to 2-21 win in the end.

Limerick – N Quaid; S Finn, M Casey, A Costello; D Byrnes (0-1’65), D Hannon, P O’Loughlin (0-2); C Lynch (0-2), W O’Donoghue (0-1); K Hayes (0-2), G Hegarty (0-1), D O’Donovan (0-3); D Dempsey (0-1), A Gillane (0-13, 11f), S Flanagan (0-2). Subs: T Morrissey (0-1) for G Hegarty, G Mulcahy for D Dempsey, D Reidy for C Lynch, B Nash for P O’Loughlin, D O’Connell for S Flanagan.

Cork – P Collins; E Cadogan, C Spillane, S O’Leary Hayes; M Coleman, R Downey, T O’Mahony; B Cooper (0-1), D Fitzgibbon; R O’Flynn, S Harnedy, L Meade; D Dalton (0-2, 1sl), P Horgan (0-17, 15f, 1’65), S Kingston (1-1). Subs: A Walsh (1-0) for L Meade, C Lehane for D Dalton, C Joyce for T O’Mahony, C Cahalane for R O’Flynn.

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Preview 

Limerick come into this game after a postponed game last weekend with Waterford. They have two wins from two games however. They have beaten Tipperary 2-14 to 0-18 and they also beat Galway 1-19 to 0-14. John Kiely’s side are in form but they will face a difficult task here against a strong Cork side. He will look to players like Graeme Mulcahy, Cian Lynch and Aaron Gillane to spur his side on to victory which will likely see them into a quarter-final at the very least even at this early stage.

Cork come into the game on the back of a win over Westmeath last weekend. They needed 2-08 from Pat Horgan from placed balls to steer a win in their favour in the end. Previous to that they beat Tipperary, however, they lost out to Waterford in the opening. Kieran Kingston speaking to the Evening Echo following that game said, “We always knew it was going to be a battle and that’s the way it turned out to be”. He continued, “We could have pushed on a bit more and we made a lot of simple errors, you can’t blame the weather for all of those either”.

Team News

Teams have yet to be announced.

Cork: TBA

Limerick: TBA

Betting

The betting is close for this game with Limerick slight favourites at odds of 4/5. However, Cork are 5/4. Limerick for me to win this though. Limerick win by 1-3 points at 7/2 is the selection. There is no live coverage of Cork v Limerick. Highlights will be on League Sunday.

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