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Irish Independent
19 hours ago
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- Irish Independent
Shane O'Brien misses out on match-day squad as John Kiely reveals hand for Dublin showdown
Shane O'Brien misses out on the match-day 26 for Limerick's All-Ireland quarter-final against Dublin, with John Kiely naming an unchanged starting 15 for the game.
Irish Examiner
19 hours ago
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Limerick name unchanged starting side for Dublin clash
Shane O'Brien is the only player missing from Limerick's Munster SHC final squad as John Kiely has named the same team that began that agonising defeat to Cork for Saturday's All-Ireland quarter-final against Dublin. Effin's Fergal O'Connor comes in for O'Brien on the bench for the trip to Croke Park as Aidan O'Connor is set to continue in the full-forward line. Twelve of the team that began Limerick's previous visit to Croke Park, last year's All-Ireland semi-final loss to Cork, are named to start. Due to injury, Barry Nash was one of the absentees 11 months ago. LIMERICK (SHC v Dublin): N. Quaid; S. Finn, D. Morrissey, M. Casey; D. Byrnes, K. Hayes, B. Nash; A. English, W. O'Donoghue; G. Hegarty, C. Lynch (c), T. Morrissey; A. Gillane, A. O'Connor, D. Reidy. Subs: S. Dowling, P. Casey, C. Coughlan, S. Flanagan, D. Hannon, B. Murphy, F. O'Connor, D. Ó Dalaigh, D. O'Donovan, P. O'Donovan, C. O'Neill.
Irish Examiner
07-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Munster mayhem: Cork are champions after dramatic penalty shoot out in Limerick
Munster SHC final: Limerick 2-27 Cork 1-30 (AET, Cork win 3-2 on penalties) Cork are the Munster SHC champions for the first time in seven years after putting their 16-point defeat to Limerick last month well and truly behind in a historic final in TUS Gaelic Grounds. For the first time in Liam MacCarthy Cup history, a final went to penalties and when Darragh Fitzgibbon's opening penalty for Cork was saved by Nickie Quaid things looked tight for the visitors. However, Barry Murphy sent his strike wide and Tom Morrissey's hit was saved. After Alan Connolly converted his penalty, Limerick needed to make their next but Declan Hannon's effort dribbled wide and the realms of red in the 43,580 crowd were in raptures. On the back of their wily replacements Shane Kingston and Conor Lehane, Cork drove for the finish but their toil seemed to be in vain when Damien Cahalane committed a tired foul on Shane O'Brien. Aaron Gillane capitalised yet that was not the end. Nickie Quaid touched a ball out for a 65 and Darragh Fitzgibbon arrowed the placed ball between the sticks to force the unprecedented. The teams couldn't be divided at the turnaround of extra-time either. Opting to play with the wind for the first half of extra-time, Limerick went two up through substitute Declan Hannon in the opening seconds and Aaron Gillane converting a free he won. Referee Thomas Walsh had to retire with cramp and was replaced by stand-by official and linesman James Owens. With a Darragh Fitzgibbon free and a Kieran Kingston angled point, Cork were back on level terms and then Lehane, who had won the free, broke a ball to himself and found his range. After Kyle Hayes and Gillane wides, the latter sent over a free to make it 2-22 to 1-25 at the interval. Both teams went ahead in the second period and all the scorers were substitutes. Kingston's third point in the 88th minute was cancelled out by Cathal O'Neill after he had sent a strike wide before Cahalane's foul on Shane O'Brien gave Limerick what seemed to be the match-winning free. But Fitzgibbon was able to send the Munster final into unchartered territory. Diarmuid Healy of Cork in action against Barry Nash. Picture: John Sheridan/Sportsfile In the absence of a blistering start in normal time, a typical power quarter by Limerick was expected after the break as they trailed by four points. However, it wasn't until the introduction of Shane O'Brien that they drew level in the 47th minute. Cork were caught sleeping with a Gearóid Hegarty free finding Gillane who controlled the ball and fed O'Brien to finish emphatically. Limerick were unable to build on it, though. Five times Cork went ahead and each time Limerick cancelled out the lead. Darragh Fitzgibbon was the ringmaster in helping to keep Cork's noses in front but another Limerick alternation, Darragh O'Donovan, broke that pattern in the 69th minute. When Kyle Hayes blocked down Patrick Horgan's shot, it seemed the initiative was with Limerick only for Hayes's namesake Brian to aerobically push the ball out to Horgan for the equaliser in the second minute of additional time. There was time for Gillane to fling a free wide, Ciarán Joyce to do the same after Adam English had gifted him the ball and O'Donovan mishit an effort at the posts before Walsh called for the ball and the teams returned to their dressing rooms. As they did last month, Cork won the toss but Shane Barrett on this occasion elected to be backed up by the breeze and their half-time lead of four points, 1-14 to 1-10, told some of that tale. All the same, it didn't tell anything about how Cork operated a shoot-on-sight policy for a large portion of the half and posted nine wides and dropped a couple of shots short. Or the goal chances that went abegging outside Barrett's 27th minute goal. Or the dubious tackling Limerick's full-back line were getting away with towards the end of the half. Cue the half-time row between management members involving the managers as well as selectors Liam Cronin and Wayne Sherlock. Cork were getting little but then Limerick only won their first free in the 17th minute. Cork began well but the unnoticed runs of Tom Morrissey were undoing a lot of their good work and the Ahane man had two points inside the first nine minutes and struck two wides in the first 11. Back-to-back Diarmuid Healy points put Cork on a solid footing although Cian Lynch was masterful in the air when he strayed over to both wings. Seamus Harnedy, who was finding plenty of space himself, struck his second point to put Cork 0-8 to 0-5 ahead in the 18th minute but there was a let-off for Cork when Eoin Downey was adjudged not to have fouled Adam English when the Limerick midfielder made for goal. Limerick forgot about that quickly when O'Connor batted a goal in the 20th minute. Eoin Downey could have done a lot better in preventing him though and Patrick Collins's attempt at a denial wasn't much to write home about either. Brian Hayes had a goal attempt kept out in the 24th minute but he made amends less than three minutes later when he had the wherewithal to absorb a foul while passing out to Barrett who found the net and Cork were back in front, two ahead. Collins kept out Hegarty soon after and Cork scored two of the next three points to lead by three. However, Walsh was giving them little close to the Limerick goal in the way of frees. Hayes had another attempt stopped in the 33rd minute and Horgan's hurley was held as he tried to follow it up. Cork did send over the next three scores to lead by five prior to David Reidy's third of the half ending the period. Penalty goals for Limerick: D. Byrnes, A. Gillane. Penalty goals for Cork: C. Lehane, S. Kingston, A. Connolly. Scorers for Limerick: A. Gillane (0-9, 7 frees); S. O'Brien (1-2); A. O'Connor (1-1); D. Reidy, A. English (0-3 each); T. Morrissey, G. Hegarty (0-2 each); D. Byrnes (free), D. O'Donovan, D. Hannon, P. Casey (0-1 each). Scorers for Cork: P. Horgan (0-7, 4 frees); S. Barrett (1-3); D. Fitzgibbon (0-4, 1 free, 1 65); D. Healy, S. Kingston (0-3 each); S. Harnedy, C. Lehane (0-2 each); D. Cahalane, T. O'Mahony, A. Connolly, B. Hayes, E. Downey, T. O'Connell (0-1 each). LIMERICK: N. Quaid; S. Finn, D. Morrissey, M. Casey; D. Byrnes, K. Hayes, B. Nash; A. English, W. O'Donoghue; G. Hegarty, C. Lynch (c), T. Morrissey; A. Gillane, A. O'Connor, D. Reidy. Subs for Limerick: S. O'Brien for A. O'Connor (42); P. Casey for D. Reidy, C. O'Neill for T. Morrissey (both 55); D. O'Donovan for W. O'Donoghue (65); D. Hannon for D. Byrnes, B. Murphy for M. Casey (both e-t); T. Morrissey for G. Hegarty (79); S. Flanagan for C. Lynch (temp 90+1 to 90+3); D. Byrnes for C. Lynch (80+4). CORK: P. Collins; D. Cahalane, E. Downey, S. O'Donoghue; M. Coleman, C. Joyce, C. O'Brien; T. O'Mahony, D. Fitzgibbon; D. Healy, S. Barrett (c), S. Harnedy; P. Horgan, B. Hayes, A. Connolly. Subs for Cork: R. Downey for C. O'Brien (54); T. O'Connell for T. O'Mahony (59); S. Kingston for A. Connolly (65); R. O'Flynn for S. Harnedy (68); C. Lehane for P. Horgan (70+3); N. O'Leary for S. O'Donoghue (72); B. Roche for D. Healy (e-t h-t); A. Connolly for M. Coleman (inj 84). Referee: T. Walsh (Waterford).
BreakingNews.ie
07-06-2025
- Sport
- BreakingNews.ie
Live: Munster hurling final goes to penalties after stunning Cork v Limerick clash
The Munster Hurling Final has gone to penalties following a stunning clash between Cork and Limerick. Six-in-a-row champions Limerick fought back from four-points down at half-time to level the game after 70 minutes at Limerick 2-19 Cork 1-22. Shane Barrett scored Cork's goal in the first-half with Limerick raising green flags through Shane O'Brien and Aidan O'Connor. Advertisement
Irish Examiner
05-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Aidan O'Connor the sole change for Limerick for their Munster SHC final clash with Cork
Aidan O'Connor has been introduced to the Limerick team for Saturday's Munster SHC final against Cork. From the team that defeated Cork last month, the Monaleen man is the only change for Shane O'Brien, who is among the 11 players on the bench. O'Connor came off the bench for Kilmallock man O'Brien in the dead rubber game against Clare last Sunday week. The team shows eight changes from the side that lost that game in TUS Gaelic Grounds. All eight who step out of the team are in the matchday panel. Read More Limerick v Cork: What time, what channel and all you need to know about the Munster SHC final LIMERICK (SHC v Cork): N. Quaid (Effin); S. Finn (Bruff), D. Morrissey (Ahane), M. Casey (Na Piarsaigh); D. Byrnes (Patrickswell), K. Hayes (Kildimo-Pallaskenry), B. Nash (South Liberties); A. English (Doon), W. O'Donoghue (Na Piarsaigh); G. Hegarty (St Patrick's), C. Lynch (c, Patrickswell), T. Morrissey (Ahane); A. Gillane (Patrickswell), A. O'Connor (Ballybrown), D. Reidy (Dromin-Athlacca). Subs: S. Dowling (Na Piarsaigh), P. Casey (Na Piarsaigh), C. Coughlan (Ballybrown), S. Flanagan (Feohanagh-Castlemahon), D. Hannon (Adare), B. Murphy (Doon), S. O'Brien (Kilmallock), D. Ó Dalaigh (Monaleen), D. O'Donovan (Doon), P. O'Donovan (Effin), C. O'Neill (Crecora-Manister).
