It was always going to take something special to beat Limerick, and Cork produced it.
Declan Bogue IN THE 59th MINUTE, with everything going Cork ’s way, Darragh Fitzgibbon received a pass and a quick scan revealed he had time before taking a shot into Hill 16.
A neat chapter and – given the defeat in Pairc Uí Chaoimh – a spicy twist to add to the several biographies to follow. Advertisement Patrick Horgan with his son Jack afterwards. Bryan Keane / INPHO Bryan Keane / INPHO / INPHO But it was at that exact point that their gameplan floundered. Limerick scored the next five points to draw level. The second of those was Diarmuid Byrnes getting into the skies to catch a Patrick Collins puckout, take his few strides and fling a shot over.
Little things went their way. After a first half being scattered around the place and a baffling close-in free missed to reach the magical 700 points mark, Patrick Horgan found his way into the game.
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