All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2026 (Munster & Leinster Championships, Liam McCarthy Cup)

The rule is if you come into contact with Gearoid Hegarty it's a free and yellow card for Hegarty. Even if you swing wild at Hegarty it's still his fault.

It's a new rule they brought in around 2022.

Just getting more angry and desperate every year it drags on. Kind of reminds me of Arsenal the way they were coming so close year after year. Having that monkey on your back can probably make you do strange things, especially when everyone else is pointing at it.

Ha ha.

There were calls a few pages back on this thread that he should have gotten a red card. I really don't know what people are looking at. Smaller man runs into bigger man. Smaller man bounces back of him, and comes out worst in the collision. It's not rocket science.

Just on the time-keeping thing. I really cannot understand how the cork players and management did not specifically ask the ref how much exactly is left in the game. We do this at under 12 managing - when there is a little break in play at the end, have a quick chat with the ref to see what's left, then consider what the tactics will be for the final few minutes, depending on if we are winning or losing. In a junior football match at the lowest level possible, if there was a scenario like yesterdays, the first thing everyone on the pitch and in the stands will be thinking, I wonder is this going to be the last strike, or will the ref allow an extra, say 30 seconds for play to continue. The way to determine that is to ask the bloody ref. Takes about 5 seconds, and there was plenty of time to think about it whilst the player was injured. Why is BOC complaining that the ref didn't tell them what time is remaining. It is not the refs job to go around the pitch informing players of what time is remaining in the match.

Thought James Owens had a good game including getting both penalty calls right.

Diarmuid Healy was excellent first half for Cork, Rob Downey impressed. Bad day meant both sides forwards found it more difficult. That said, felt Cork left Barry Walsh on for a long time. He couldn't get into it at all. Connolly wasn't great again, its interesting in that I thought they had strong options up front but doesn't seem like management feel that way about the bench.

Hegarty or Casey could have been man of the match at the end given their impact on a backs day, I think we've just become so accustomed to massive free scoring games that forward won't get the credit on a day where execution is much morw difficult.

I thought Shane O Briens point was wide, having seen it again I'm not sure how it could have been over. Still all to play for, would suggest its between these two and Galway for the All Ireland.

Absolute bollix to try both sides this. I was in the City end by close to the main stand and the Cork people there were absolutely ashamed of the carry on from the Cork section of the main stand. Outside of the odd low level ironic boo of Cork because they were at it all day there was no "two sides".

It was Cork just Cork and they were a disgrace.

Of the 19 players Limerick used yesterday, 11 figured in their qualifier loss to Kilkenny in 2017, serious longevity.

Funny all anyone was talking about in the City end including the Cork fans was Cork booing.

Pretend all ye want that everyone is at it but it is a Cork thing and everyone can see that.

That Was my take as well. Just stood his ground . Would have been very unfair to give a yellow there. Was a free but no more.His discipline is far better last few years than before.

He also changed the waterford game when he went inside. Unbelievable touch that not many commented on setting up a point for casey .

On the ref I thought most of the frees he gave were frees. It really is a thankless job. Like what do people actually want? Just blow for frees depending on the team you support?! James owens does make strange decisions but I felt he was fine yesterday. Just people having pre conceived biases.

But Ben O'Connor, he told Will O'Donoghue but he didn't tell us. Mother of God Ben.

Maybe Will asked, maybe he didn't. Communication is up to yourselves, a controllable. Maybe Owens said one thing to the Cork players about the free and he didn't follow through. Unlikely, I don't know, I don't know. In which case Cork can very rightly feel aggrieved.

The last pass for Corks second goal was a blatant throw. Cian Lynch pass to Tom Morrissey for first score of the second half was a throw.

Sensible post. Didn't think the last Hegarty one was a yellow either. Agree fully on the ref.

Yeah Cody always brought 1 or 2 new faces into the starting team during that period, Limerick's success is built around a core of lads born 1994-96 who won the 2015 & 17 u21 titles.