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Thursday, 26th


July 2018


Limerick up next for Cork in All Ireland Semi-Final Sunday July 29th


in Croke Park on July 29th after


Cork will face Limerick the Treaty men got


the better of Kilkenny in a cracking quarter final contest in Semple Stadi- um Thurles. Limerick who drew with Cork in the third round in Munster will be hell bent on revenge as in that particular game Lim- erick were reduced to 14 after Aaron Gillane was sent off for striking Sean O’Donoghue. The score on that oc- casion was Cork 1-25 and Limerick 0-28 and in the win over Kilkenny,


Lim-


erick also posted another huge tally 0-27 to 1-22 so they will certainly pose a serious threat


to Cork on


Sunday. Limerick failed to score a goal but created several chances with Kilk- enny keeper Eoin Murphy who already assured of an All Star saving four clear cut


chances, so Limerick


will certainly be a worthy opponent for Cork in the semi-Final. All three


teams who


qualified from the Mun- ster championship are still involved with Clare getting the better of Wexford in Pairc Ui Chaoimh to set up a meeting with All Ireland champions Galway, which takes place on Saturday as no team from Leinster are still involved. It will seem a bit like


groundhog day for Cork who defeated Waterford twice last season, but the Deise overcame them in


the semi-final. It is now the turn of limerick to see if they can do the same, so Cork have been in this posi- tion before and must learn from the


experience not as


Limerick will certainly fan- cy their chances of coming out on top. Cark have


played


since their Munster Final victory over Clare, and they have had a few weeks to hone their skills for what will be a tough contest. The speed of the Cork at- tack could be their greatest asset in Croke Park, but that speed must be com- plemented by accuracy if Cork are to rack up enough scores to win. Should Cork get in for a goal or two it would make life a lot easier, on the other hand should Limerick convert some of the chances they are mak- ing, then Cork could be in trouble. Cork this year have built of their displays of last season and are now playing a much more assured brand of hurling, taking their time to take their scores and not rush their shots. For Cork to win however all six for- wards will need to score as up to now Patrick Horgan, Seamus


Harnedy, Shane


Kingston and Conor Le- hane have done the bulk of the scoring. In defence too Cork will


need to be very sharp as this Limerick side are well capable


plenty of problems, as they are physically strong, very mobile and are


growing of causing Cork


in Croke Park at 3.30pm they are


in confidence with each match. They also have the Na Piarsigh players back on board, so they have strength in depth, something that I am not too sure that Cork has in abundance. Both sides are likely to unchanged teams


name


with perhaps one or two positional switches in attack especial- ly. I expect that Anthony Nash will line out in goal, fronted by S e a n O’Donoghue, Damien Ca- lahane and Colm Spillane who could start at full back. Outside them Christopher Joyce, Eoin Cadogan and Mark Coleman all look set


to start, with Darragh


Fitzgibbon and Bill Coop- er once again teaming up at midfield. The attack will most likely comprise Shane Kingston, Conor Lehane and Daniel Kearney in the half forward line, while the inside trio of Patrick Hor- gan, team captain Seamus Harney and Luke Meade will complete but


switch during


these six may well the


the attack, game


as the need arises. On the bench Michael Calahane, Robbie


O’Flynn, Dean


Brosnan, Brian Lawton, Jack O’Connor and Lor- cain McLoughlin will all be ready if called upon. Limerick too should


make a minimal amount of changes with Nicky Quaid manning the goal. In front of him Sean Finn, Mike Casey and Richie English


are a no nonsense trio who may lack for pace but


all


solid defenders. The half back trio of Di- ar m uid Byrnes, team ca p - t a in


de cl a n Hannon


and Dan Morris- sey have been in superb form this season. At


mid-


field Darragh O’Dono- van and Cian Lynch have struck up a good partner- ship, while in attack, Gea- roid Hegarty, Kyle Hayes and tom Morrissey are all huge men. The inside trio of Aaron Gillane, Seamus Flanagan and Graham Mulcahy are all speed mer- chants, while on the bench players


such as Shane


Dowling, Peter Casey and William O’Donoghue are all capable of making an impact from the bench. It promises to be a crack-


ing encounter, which Cork will need to be at their very best


to win. A good start


and clinical finishing will be required from John Myler’s side, as John Kiley’s Limer- ick have shown that they are in the semi-final on merit and having drawn with Cork when they were re- duced to 14 players in Pairc


• Colm Spillane Cork and Cian Lynch Limerick during the 2018 Munster Senior Hurling championship Round 3 game at Pairc Ui Chaoimh


Ui Chaoimh, they will not fear facing them in Croke Park. Playing at HQ could be an advantage to Cork, while their speed in attack will be another asset if they can use it. Limerick will feel that they can get goals and if they do Cork could be in


EC U21 AHC Carrigtwohill v Watergrasshill


Carrigtwohill 4-20 Watergrasshill 4-10


by DEREK KIELY DEFINITELY One of


the best games of hurling seen for a while as Car- rigtwohill booked their place in the semi-final of the East Cork U21 AHC with a brilliant comeback win over Watergrasshill in Lisgoold on Tuesday night. What an incredible first


half for Watergrasshill who started off with a goal from Shane O’Regan on the first minute which


sparked off a ten minute spell of


total domination


that included a further point from O’Regan, then the wing forward blasted in his second goal on the ninth minute after Chris Healy pointed twice and then a point from play from Sean Desmond left the ‘Hill’ ten points clear. It took Carrigtwohilll


twelve minutes to raise a white flag through Liam Gosnell with a free, but immediately O’Regan re-


sponded in kind. Carrig fought back with a point from Oliver Bav- erstock and another free from Gosnell, but the ‘Hill’ had their third green flag on the seventeenth minute when Kyle Cronin finished of brilliantly. Then Carrigtwohill got going and a Luke Kelly goal and three points from Gosnell without response made it a bit more inter- esting, but it wasn’t long before Watergrasshill were back again with a brace from O’Regan and anoth- er goal from Cronin, but Gosnell pointed twice to leave eight between sides at the break.


The Carrigtwohill half


time team talk was intense and it worked. Immediate- ly Carrig were winning ball all over the pitch and were ahead within nine minutes with a Paul O’Hanlon goal and seven scores without reply. Watergrasshill were shell shocked and after an ex- change of points between the sides, Carrigtwohill had their third goal when Baverstock reacted quick- est when the ball came back off


pounced and swept


the crossbar he the


ball home. The ‘Hill’ could only


muster up one more point, whereas


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mainly under the leader- ship of the brilliant Liam Gosnell were rampant with point after point and then a goal from the full forward to complete an 18 point turnaround from half time with a ten point victory.


Scorers for Car-


rigtwohill: L Gosnell 1-11 (10f) P O’Hanlon 2-0, O Baverstock 1-4, D Crotty 0-2, S O’Flynn, J Mulcahy and L Kelly 0-1 each.


Watergrasshill: S


O’Regan 2-6 (5f) K Cronin 2-0, C Healy 0-2 P O’Leary and S Desmond 0-1 each.


CARRIGTWOHILL:


S O’Flynn; J Scully, W Barry, P Barden (Cpt); M Kidney, C O’Mahony, D Crotty; B Twomey, K Ote; L Kelly, O Baverstock, B McCarthy;


P O’Hanlon,


L Gosnell, D McGann. Subs: J Mulcahy for D McGann (51) J Carroll for L Kelly (55)


eastcorkjournal WATERGRASSHILL:


K Roche; T Dinan, N Meehan, A Desmond; A Spriggs, D McCarthy (Cpt) B Kennedy; D Den- nehy, P Maloney; AS Cur- tin, P O’Leary, S O’Regan; K Cronin, S Desmond.


Referee: Jim Hennessy (Dungourney)


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for an uncomfortable Sun- day afternoon. John Myler will have planned well and if Cork can show a bit more improvement then they will be in the final. Clare will have met Gal-


way on Saturday night, but anything other than a


Galway victory would be a huge surprise, still in sport anything cannot be ruled out so barring a draw we will know the 2018 All Ire- land finalists after the week- end games.


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