The Cork hurlers will be without first-team regulars Sean O’Donoghue, Damien Cahalane, and Conor Lehane for this weekend’s Allianz league visit of Limerick to Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Results from the opening fortnight of league hurling did little to strengthen the case of keeping faith with the new 12-team Division 1 structure.

Cork manager Kieran Kingston has also made four changes, with Eoin Cadogan selected at full-back.

A long day’s journey into night on Saturday, with Cork and Tipperary serving up an entertaining tussle that felt for a while as though it might never end.

Cork just edged out All-Ireland champions Tipperary in this NHL 1A game, the 9,821 in attendance seeing an entertaining, end-to-end game.

There are six changes to the Cork side for this evening’s Allianz HL Division 1 Group A clash with Tipperary at Páirc Uí Chaoimh (7pm).

Mark Landers bemoaned the old Cork failings that cost the Rebels in Sunday’s league defeat by Waterford.

Cork senior hurling manager Kieran Kingston is looking forward to the start of the 2020 National Hurling League but he will have to plan without long-serving midfielder Daniel Kearney.

Alan Cadogan was in Portugal last July, observing a promise he’d made to himself to ignore the All-Ireland semi-finals, when his interest got the better of him.

Patrick Horgan has been shortlisted for 2019 PwC Hurler of the Year award, along with Tipperary and Kilkenny captains Séamus Callanan and TJ Reid.

Alan Cadogan will miss the remainder of the club season, because of a hip injury.

Davy Fitzgerald believes a traditional shoot-out will suit Tipperary more than Kilkenny should it manifest itself in tomorrow’s All-Ireland final.

Cocooned by journalists in the offices of PwC in Dublin, Pat Horgan’s mood goes from light and breezy to dark and deep.

The first time I saw Peter Casey during my time with the Limerick Academy, and as Limerick minor coach in 2015, I felt he’d be more suited to being a jockey in the Irish Derby than a hurler lighting up Croke Park.

Eoin Murphy feels compelled to make the distinction between a Leinster title and an All-Ireland crown.

Just before half-time, I glanced down from the RTÉ box and observed Brian Cody spitting into his hands and rubbing them together.

And so, 14 years becomes 15, one short of Cork’s longest spell without the Liam MacCarthy Cup.

Patrick’s Horgan heroic 3-10 wasn’t enough to save Cork as Kilkenny’s second-half strength proved too much for them.

John Meyler’s comment afterwards was almost as telling as the scoreboard at the final whistle. Cork were here to take care of business and they had theirs done well before half-time.

A cakewalk for Cork in Mullingar as they eased themselves into an All-Ireland quarter-final against Kilkenny in Croke Park in seven days’ time.

Stealth mode suited Limerick last year but don’t try convincing Alan Cadogan just yet that taking the alternative route to an All-Ireland title is to Cork’s advantage.

Cork star Alan Cadogan feels there is a need to extend the Munster SHC round-robin phase by another week to give players more time to recover.

For several generations now it has been common for Clare teams to head across the road to the Sherwood Inn in the Ennis Shopping Centre after training or a game in Cusack Park for something to eat.

Limerick manager John Kiely says a place in the 2019 Munster final is not on his mind as his side prepare to face Tipperary in Thurles this Sunday.

The throb and womp from the Marquee provided the mood music, literally, on Saturday night to the end of an odd week in the hurling championship.

On Saturday, the Cork supporters club, Cairde Chorcaí, had a Q&A for premium patrons, mostly Cork supporters, prior to the senior game.

Cork cruised past troubled Waterford in Pairc Ui Chaoimh, eventually winning by 13 points.

There has been no wielding of the axe by the Clare management in the wake of last weekend’s 13-point hammering at the hands of Tipperary, with the team named for tomorrow’s game against Limerick showing just one change in personnel.

Alan Cadogan will start his first championship game for Cork since August 2017 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday night.

Lehane limped off injured against Limerick last Sunday week while Spillane’s back issue has kept him out of action in Cork’s first two championship games.

When you watch a match back for a second time, you become aware of a million more nuggets of information you might have missed while witnessing a contest in real-time.

The year before Oliver Stone blinded us – and one linebacker in particular – with Any Given Sunday, Pat Comer hit us with A Year ’Til Sunday, one of the first and still finest GAA documentaries ever made.

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I’m sure there are some people out there giving me a share of the credit for Cork’s win yesterday. I’ve no doubt that my comments in my column here on Saturday got Cork riled up big time.

Cork’s Championship is well and truly back up-and-running after this fine victory over the All-Ireland champions in the LIT Gaelic Grounds.

John Meyler has reacted to Cork’s defeat to Tipperary by making four changes for tomorrow’s Munster SHC Round 2 in the LIT Gaelic Grounds.

Cork attacker Shane Kingston says this week is all about mental preparation as he and his teammates face Limerick, with the physical work already done.

Diarmuid O’Sullivan believes the work-rate of the Cork attack has to improve significantly if they are to bounce back from Sunday’s defeat to Tipperary.

A steelier defence could be the foundation for a Douglas county title challenge this year, or so the plan goes.

We are a week into Munster Championship Lent. The 40 days and 40 nights before the start of the Munster SHC on May 12 commenced last Tuesday.

The Cork hurling management is hopeful that Alan Cadogan’s injury is not as serious as first feared, with the Douglas attacker expected back in action in a number of weeks.

Alan Cadogan is looking forward to the 2019 season, having missed this year’s senior hurling championship due to a knee injury requiring surgery.

John Meyler spoke with Eoghan Cormican ahead of the All-Ireland semi-final clash with Limerick.

The Munster crown weighed heavy on Cork’s head last year but it shouldn’t be a burden this time around.

The Cork hurlers have suffered a serious blow with the loss of star forward Alan Cadogan to a knee injury for the rest of the intercounty season.

Oscar Wilde wrote that no man is rich enough to buy back his past and, when it comes to reflecting on last year’s All-Ireland semi-final, Alan Cadogan has no plans to.