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Replying To foreveryoung: "Well learn to live with it, boy! The individual players themselves are fine. I'm a good fan of Fitzgibbon, for example, as I was of JBM, Johnny Crowley, Denies Coughlan, and of course the Rock (he was great to watch) back in the day. It's not the players per se, but rather the Corkness of the whole county. The attitude of their supporters and their unawareness that many others outside of Cork also dislike Cork. And their puzzlement when they are told that, and their finding it strange that someone actually dislikes the county. I grew up in an era when it was okay to tell someone that you didn't agree with them or that you didn't even like them; none of this namby-pamby being nice, pseudo-nice, to people because of political correctness or that you might hurt their feelings. SO, learn to live with it, boy! UP LIMERICK!" I normally try to be humble, but that's your 5 and 7 in a row we have now stopped. Up the rebels!!! bloodandbandage (Cork) - Posts: 402 - 07/06/2025 21:25:53 2615617 Link
Replying To bloodandbandage: "I normally try to be humble, but that's your 5 and 7 in a row we have now stopped. Up the rebels!!!" Great win! We had great performances off the bench from Lehane, Kingston,O' Leary, O' Flynn, O' Connell and Rob Downey. Crazy way to win a Munster final but it was a terrific game from 2 outstanding teams. A month to prepare for a tough semifinal and congratulations to the team! Ryanteam (Cork) - Posts: 562 - 07/06/2025 21:38:02 2615623 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "Dreadful. Should be a lot of retrospective suspensions, after the recent Parnell Park 'review'." For which players? Name the red card incidents Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2187 - 07/06/2025 21:41:26 2615625 Link
Replying To MesAmis: "Close, tight game. Could've gone either way. A poor standard though, riddled with mistakes. A fitting end to a poor enough Munster Championship." Ah don't be embarrassing yourself Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2187 - 07/06/2025 21:41:51 2615626 Link
Replying To bloodandbandage: "I normally try to be humble, but that's your 5 and 7 in a row we have now stopped. Up the rebels!!!" As the Celtic fans said back when, one in a row, one in a row. endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2459 - 07/06/2025 21:54:03 2615633 Link
Replying To Scenicparish: "What an unbelievable sporting match. The first thing the Cork keeper done after winning the penalty shootout was to go over and shake hands with the Limerick keeper. What other sport would that happen in? Incredible stuff." Jack Nicklaus with Tony Jacklin at the Ryder Cup. If Jack was in goal for Cork, he wouldn't have even let Hannon or Murphy hit those wides, he'd have conceded. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4206 - 07/06/2025 22:00:21 2615635 Link
Replying To bloodandbandage: "I normally try to be humble, but that's your 5 and 7 in a row we have now stopped. Up the rebels!!!" Tut-tut! NY were never going for 5 or 7 in a row, but we have an AI after the year which we won last week, and we can beat Leitrim at football. Have Cork won an AI yet this year? Come back here when/if they manage it. foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2295 - 07/06/2025 22:06:05 2615636 Link
Replying To Cockney_Cat: "Terrible way to end a final with penalties. There are two more finals tomorrow that could also be decided this way. There is no need for penalties after one game. Add an extra week to the schedule (next week) to allow for replays. This nonsense was copied from professional soccer. Soccer is completely different from the GAA. The soccer season is more congested, players have international games to play straight after the season and club finals end, or holidays to take before club tours start." Just home now from the match, congratulations to Cork. It meant a lot to their supporters after the last time we met. I agree 100% with you regarding penalties. It's an abomination of a way to end a Munster final, the GAA's mad rush to run off the Championship is ridiculous. skillet (Limerick) - Posts: 1111 - 07/06/2025 22:08:00 2615637 Link
It is stopped but we are still in championship.for me cork were the better team over the 95 plus minutes..limerick made Collins look good in 1st half instead of putting ball over the bar.. Cork had a few goal chances in first half. Some brilliant defending from both sides and some shocking wides..it all led to a very exciting game..it wasn't perfect and that's what made it more exciting.. Thought cork got more from bench in extra time. Huge thanks to our boys on leaving everything on the pitch this evening and the year isn't over yet. Congrats to cork and my fear now is that ye just might dominate for a few years. CTGAA10 (Limerick) - Posts: 2536 - 07/06/2025 22:09:08 2615638 Link
Replying To MesAmis: "Close, tight game. Could've gone either way. A poor standard though, riddled with mistakes. A fitting end to a poor enough Munster Championship." That's a terrible take tbh. Sure there were lots of mistakes but every game takes on a life of its own and it was tense and gripping and claustrophobic. I would rather see that kind of game than easy scoring with no tackling I also think the wind had a fair old impact and contributed to some of the poor shooting Fair dues to Cork, I kept expecting Limerick to pull away in the second half especially after the goal but Cork hung in there Bitterly disappointed we didnt win it in ET- I know Corks wide total might have been higher but we missed a lot in ET. Commentator said that Fitzgibbon had to score direct from the free at the end - was that true? Yadse (Limerick) - Posts: 134 - 07/06/2025 22:24:08 2615643 Link
Replying To Yadse: "That's a terrible take tbh. Sure there were lots of mistakes but every game takes on a life of its own and it was tense and gripping and claustrophobic. I would rather see that kind of game than easy scoring with no tackling I also think the wind had a fair old impact and contributed to some of the poor shooting Fair dues to Cork, I kept expecting Limerick to pull away in the second half especially after the goal but Cork hung in there Bitterly disappointed we didnt win it in ET- I know Corks wide total might have been higher but we missed a lot in ET. Commentator said that Fitzgibbon had to score direct from the free at the end - was that true?" I don't recall him saying it, but it wasn't the case anyway. People might crib about the extra time played, but the entirety of the added minute plus a bit more was taken up with no play as we waited for the Limerick free to be taken. It was a gripping game, plenty mistakes for sure but the pressure being put on the player in possession was incredible from both sides, all the way through. There was nothing handy given out there. Cork got a big boost from their subs, while Limerick probably didn't get the expected impact. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2369 - 07/06/2025 22:37:17 2615647 Link
Replying To skillet: "Just home now from the match, congratulations to Cork. It meant a lot to their supporters after the last time we met. I agree 100% with you regarding penalties. It's an abomination of a way to end a Munster final, the GAA's mad rush to run off the Championship is ridiculous." It's a bit of a cod alright, it was bound to happen at some stage. Some of the penalties we're brutal. I'd love to know what the story was at the end of the second period of extra time, how did 1 minute become 3/4 minutes? If only there was some sort of hooter system that could be used... Fair play to Cork , some turn around from the last day. Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2376 - 07/06/2025 22:43:44 2615649 Link
Replying To dakid: "Teams named. O'Connor in for O'Brien. Cahalane in for Millerick. What do we all think? I'd give the edge to Limerick on pure intensity. If Cork can match the level Limerick bring then they could pip it. Can see the likes of Cahalane getting a rush of blood and doing something stupid and swing the game for Limerick." Great to see Cahalane roll back the years and deliver an outstanding performance. He has been much maligned but a great soldier over the years . Likewise Lehane and Kingston showed that true class is always permanent. Ryanteam (Cork) - Posts: 562 - 07/06/2025 22:44:49 2615650 Link
Replying To bloodandbandage: ""I'll be very surprised if Limerick don't win the all Ireland now", Why? What a nonsense statement. Please enlighten me as to how you'd be shocked if Limerick don't win the AI?" Cork were excellent today. Absolutely full belt for them. Limerick had a lot of chances, particularly in extra time but uncharacteristically made some crucial mistakes. I think that will galvanise them and they won't be beaten again this year. It's not a nonsense statement. It happens with great teams all the time. Congratulations to Cork. It was beautiful to see the supporters storming the pitch after. You're going to win an all Ireland with that team. I just don't think it's going to be this one, but there's plenty of hurling to do yet. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3704 - 07/06/2025 22:54:03 2615652 Link
Cian lynch is the man that runs the show for lk. Had a great first 20 minutes and never touched a ball after first 20 minutes. Newyorkkat (Kilkenny) - Posts: 163 - 07/06/2025 23:24:34 2615658 Link
Firstly, well done to Cork. But have to say I'm surprised by the over celebration by Cork players afterwards. They seemed to have learnt nothing from the same carry on from last year Deegoyaboll1x (Dublin) - Posts: 12 - 07/06/2025 23:57:34 2615664 Link
A great tussle with many mistakes. Like cards penalty shootouts belong to another sport and horrible for hurling. Saying that missing the goal is a pretty bad effort. If Queally who had a legitimate penalty denied and a choice of two to be sent off behaved like those two managers he would be getting ripped a part on this forum as has become the trend when forming an opinion. Hopefully the Leinster final will match the intensity. Gillane is in a class of his own and put on a clinic how to win ball as an inside forward. Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 3091 - 08/06/2025 00:10:49 2615665 Link
Obviously estatic cork won, but a penalty shoot out shouldn't be in gaa, doesn't feel right. Of course none of us are players, as a fan I'd prefer to see a replay DuhallowRed (Cork) - Posts: 316 - 08/06/2025 02:23:30 2615668 Link
Powerful game altogether. 2 cracking sides just going toe to toe. 124 mins out of 121...mmmmm...but there you go. Limerick had enough chances to win it throughout. Great to see a new team on the Cup. Well done Cork. Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9819 - 08/06/2025 04:18:16 2615670 Link
Replying To skillet: "Just home now from the match, congratulations to Cork. It meant a lot to their supporters after the last time we met. I agree 100% with you regarding penalties. It's an abomination of a way to end a Munster final, the GAA's mad rush to run off the Championship is ridiculous." Can we not once and for all accept that the GAA are in no rush to run off the championship. The shorter season and earlier finals are 100% driven by the players. When Jarlath Burns suggested an extension of just a couple of weeks he was quickly brought to heel by the players and he has not mentioned it since. sligo joe (Dublin) - Posts: 929 - 08/06/2025 08:23:08 2615675 Link