looking like 4 to 6 weeks out for Robbie O'Flynn
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4-08 v 0-10 ladies trail at ht.
Good start and should have a penalty when things were going well but Dublin got on top of our kickouts and got a few goals that took the wind out of our sails.
Some second half so far, 15 gone, 2-13 v 4-11 Outstanding game.
3-14 v 4-11 with 10 to go, what a cracking game !!
3-15 v v 4-13
2 frees given away in the last few minutes were scored to turn a 1 point win into a 1 point loss.
An outstanding game. One of the best I've seen in years. A real pity they couldn't hold on for the win but great credit to both teams for producing such an outstanding contest.
Robbie O'Flynn is out for 6-8 weeks with ligament damage. Will be back for championship.
Plenty of young players getting a chance this weekend, particularly in defence. Will be interesting to see how they do. Game live on TG4's app and deferred on TV
The Cork Senior Hurling Team to play Galway in the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 Group A Round 2 has been announced
The Cork U20 Football Team to face Laois in the John Kerins Cup has been announced. Saturday at 2pm in Pairc ui Chaoimh, free entry.
1-13 each at HT. Battling away on a right winter pitch which is good to see. Galway on top early on, ran through for a couple of half chances for goals but we finished the half well
Draw at ht is good going. Happy to be competitive in a tough fixture.
2 goals after HT, Galway down to 14. 3-14 to 1-13 after 39 min.
Some scoring by both teams
Really nice win there. We are really going in the right direction. The work rate from everyone is really noticeable and Dalton was phenomenal. Lehane had a quiet first half but came alive in the second. Lot of new players given game time which is great. The pieces really seem to be coming together. To go to Galway and perform so well without a good few main players is very pleasing.
Lot to work on as well though. A fair few bad wides and sloppy goals at the end given away although we stepped our foot off the gas. Understandable as a lot of work was put in already.
Last 2 games have been really good and great to see us scoring goals again and looking threatening in that department all the time.
Very happy with that win. Great to see the goal threat that we have being utilised. I wanted us to be competitive in the league games and we have won both opening fixtures.
No one is getting carried away, but we are playing in a manner that suits us and we appear to have a few options in our squad now, which is great to see.
Didn’t see it but that’s a great result up in Galway.
Two from Two is great start.
Good win away at a tough venue with a lot of new faces.
Early days under Pat Ryan but a nice bit of momentum building.
Should really have been in charge from last season after that disastrous 2021 All Ireland final display.
Great win. Delighted I travelled up now. Fantastic to see such a good crowd up for it 👏
Great win to go away to Galway and score four goals in the process. They say that Galway will be Limericks biggest challengers this year, but sure we'll see about that. Conceding three goals would be a small complaint, but still though a great start to the year. All Irelands aren't won or lost in February though!
As long as we go into the championship with a settled starting fifteen, and have some good depth to the panel then that's the main thing. As i've said before outside of Limerick i don't fear anyone.
dalton brings a new dimension of physicality that the cork forwards need cork always have lovely hurlers but sometimes lack that bit of steel , shane barrett looks really tough too , its a new look for cork for sure , it was probably the difference between the sides last june , horgan aside
really good game for this time of year
Impressive by Cork today... mite be a controversial thing to say but I think the Cork forwards play better without Patrick Horgan.. when he’s playing they tend to just hit the ball into him whereas when he’s not playing corks forwards work with each other to create an opening.. make space for each other to have a shot etc... just my observation..
definitely a more physical edge to Cork.... winning their fair share of 50/50 battles..
where is darragh fitzgibbon..?
Any sign of a link to watch this back on TG4? I've had a look on the app and player website but can't seem to locate it. Cheers!
Fitzgibbon has a shoulder injury. Supposed to be back soon.
As for the other injuries...
Mark Coleman (knee)
Alan Connolly (shoulder) Séamus Harnedy and Tim O’Mahony (both knee)
Question for people here, do we have a problem at goalkeeper? Lots of criticism of Collins yesterday. Puckouts left a lot to be desired
Puckouts and puckout strategies can be worked on, so I wouldn't be too worried. We've been blessed in Cork with Keepers who have had serious longevity.
looks fairly obvious that whenever Limericks golden era comes to an end.. Cork and Tipp will dominate hurling for quite a few years.... KK look shocking poor.. Waterford will be the usual... great performances followed by a meltdown.. Galway must be the most frustrating team to be a manager of.. plenty of skill and talent but to me they not to bothered whether they win or not... Clare much the same..
That's rather like saying Cork not too bothered about winning when they played Galway in the championship last Summer, (don't forget, they won by more at home to Galway in the corresponding league clash last year. ) All teams are trying to win when they go out, some days it works out for newer players, many days it doesn't. Shefflin has a vast amount of players available to him, it's a matter of sifting through them to get the proper balance. We're a while waiting for Cork's second coming but until it happens there's not a lot yet to suggest they'll dominate in a post-Limerick world.
You're from Galway aren't you? No other hurling county has flattered to deceive more than Galway over the years imo. I don't mean to sound disrespectful here, but between hurling and camogie you've been in forty five all Ireland senior finals and only won nine of them.
Of course those stats do paint a false picture, because back in the day Galway used only have to win the one game to reach an all Ireland final! Joe Cooney and Joe Canning would be two of my favourite non Cork players as well.
Shefflin has a vast amount of players available to him you say, but sure so does Pat Ryan, John Kiely, Davy Fitz and other managers as well. What's your point there exactly?
That's mad. After two rounds of a league? What?
My point is that it is a lazy trope to say these days that Galway are not bothered about winning or 'you never know which Galway is going to turn up' etc. These are arguments you could apply to any non-successful (i.e. not Limerick) county in the past 7-8 years at least. Any match I've ever been at they'll always gone out to win and they have been one of the most consistent teams over the past number of seasons, all of their final championship defeats have been narrow ones and have been beaten by small margins by all-conquering Limerick 3 times in the past 5 years.
As a still-relatively new manager, Shefflin must do his own reckoning about the type and amount of players available to him and how best to fit them into a line-out. More than any other Galway manager in recent times, thanks in the main to a lot of Minor successes, he has a very good pool of similarly-talented players to call upon currently and finding the right blend between them all is his challenge. This can lead to performance-blips from game to game when different teams are selected, it's part of the team and management progression.
To be fair to Galway they have won a senior all Ireland more recently than Cork, and have a very good championship record against us since 2008 as well. In nearly all of those games Galway were the better team, but i felt that Cork threw last summers championship game against Galway away, but sure that's just my own opinion!
