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Eoin Considine of Cork and Shane Waters of Limerick contest aerial possession. Picture: Jim Coughlan<\/p>\n\n Cork 0-18\n <\/p>\n
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Cork\u2019s hopes of reaching the Electric Ireland Munster MHC final were dashed as they were seen off by Limerick at P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Rinn on Friday night.<\/p>\n
The Treatymen were well on top here, with victory giving them second place ahead of Cork and securing a decider against Tipperary.<\/p>\n
The result leaves Cork in third place, progressing to the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals, while the already-qualified Tipp\u2019s win over Waterford means that Clare, who looked set to be eliminated after they finished their campaign with defeat at P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Rinn last Friday, also advance as they have head-to-head advantage over the D\u00e9ise.<\/p>\n
Limerick asserted themselves from the off. While Cork had the opening score with a Bobby Power free in the first minute, the visitors\u2019 response of three points in a row were indicative of what was to come.<\/p>\n
Eoin Considine of Cork and Shane Waters of Limerick contest aerial possession. Picture: Jim Coughlan<\/p>\n
Initially, there was a strong response to that as Stephen McHugh landed a fine point from the left sideline and Carroll added two more frees following fouls on Sam Ring and Carroll himself. <\/p>\n
That left Cork 0-4 to 0-3 ahead with the clock showing 14 minutes but it was the last time they led. Instead, seven points on the trot from Limerick underlined their superiority and put them into a commanding advantage.<\/p>\n
Centre-back Conor Ryan and centre-forward Ryan Foley impressed for the visitors during this period but Cork made the Shannonsiders\u2019 task a bit easier as they were turned over on their own puckout more than once.<\/p>\n
After a good Eamon O\u2019Sullivan point made it 0-12 to 0-6 in the 29th minute, Cork did managed to pull two back courtesy of Power frees. However, after a chance to cut the lead to three was not taken, Limerick finished the half with points from D\u00e1ire Long and a lovely individual effort from John O\u2019Riordan to retire with a 0-14 to 0-8 advantage.<\/p>\n
Another pointed Power free opened the second half for Cork and they had sight of goal when Liam O\u2019Regan\u2019s arrowed delivery was claimed by Sam Ring but Limerick goalkeeper Sam Collins saved well.<\/p>\n
Power put the resultant 65 over the bar but Limerick always retained the capacity to respond and Eoin Hennessy and Waters (free) made it 0-16 to 0-10 on 39.<\/p>\n
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Cork’s Callum Coffey looks to get away from Sam Mitchell of Limerick. Picture:\u00a0Jim Coughlan<\/p>\n
Cork sub Ryan Cagney got the first of four points following a nice Ring pass and a long-range Power free again cut Cork\u2019s deficit to four by the three-quarter mark but it was as close as they came \u2013 Diarmuid Crowe\u2019s impressive catch and lay-off allowed Limerick midfielder Xavier Nelligan to charge forward before finishing to the net and Waters\u2019 fifth opened up an eight-point advantage.<\/p>\n
Tom Huggins, another who contributed off the Cork bench, had two points as they came back to within six but any doubts about the outcome were put to bed when Crowe got Limerick\u2019s second with five minutes left, his low shot deceiving Walsh.<\/p>\n
The same nine-point margin pertained at the end, sending Limerick forward in buoyant form while Cork must regroup.<\/p>\n
\n Scorers for Cork: B Power 0-9 (0-8 f, 0-1 65), R Cagney 0-4, T Huggins 0-2, S McHugh, C Murphy, C Coffey 0-1 each.<\/p>\n
\n Limerick: S Waters 0-7 (0-4 f), D Crowe 1-2, X Nelligan 1-1, R Foley 0-3, D Long 0-2, D O\u2019Grady, E O\u2019Sullivan, C Hickey, E Hennessy, R Horgan, J O\u2019Riordan 0-1 each.<\/p>\n
\n CORK: M Walsh (Youghal); J Batterberry (Castletownroche), F Cahill (Midleton), N Coffey (Na Piarsaigh); E Considine (Sarsfields), D Nolan (Erin\u2019s Own), C Barry (Bride Rovers); T Murphy (Cloughduv), S McHugh (Newtownshandrum); T McCarthy (Watergrasshill), B Power (Ballincollig), L O\u2019Regan (St Finbarr\u2019s); C Coffey (Na Piarsaigh), C Murphy (Ballinora), S Ring (Carrigtwohill).<\/p>\n
\n Subs: R Cagney (Mallow) for T Murphy (11-16), Cagney for Murphy (25, injured), C Ronayne (Dungourney) for McCarthy (37), D Barry (Douglas) for O\u2019Regan (42), T Huggins (Sarsfields) for C Murphy (49), S Riordan (Kilworth) for McHugh (58).<\/p>\n
\n LIMERICK: S Collins; R Collins, W Ryan, S Mitchell; E Hennessy, C Ryan, J O\u2019Riordan; X Nelligan, J Roche; D Crowe, R Foley, S Waters; E O\u2019Sullivan, D O\u2019Grady, D Long.<\/p>\n
\n Subs: R Horgan for Long (37), G O\u2019Brien for O\u2019Grady (43), C Hickey for Roche (55), C Burke for O\u2019Sullivan (58), B Gavin for O\u2019Riordan (60).<\/p>\n
\n Referee: E O\u2019Leary (Clare).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cork 0-18 Limerick 2-21 Cork\u2019s hopes of reaching the Electric Ireland Munster MHC final were dashed as they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-439284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}