Anthony Daly: When push came to shove, too many Cork players wilted in the heat of Limerick’s furnace. Again.
I’m not going to start this column with a colour story from yesterday in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, or offer any opinion of whether a wet Easter weekend is the right or wrong time to start the hurling championship. I’m just going to come straight out and say what has firmly become the bottom line between Cork and Limerick – this bunch of Cork players just can’t beat Limerick at the moment.
Until Ciáran Joyce gets older, and Dáire O’Leary and a handful of the U-20s and last year’s minors eventually make their way onto this team, there will always be question marks as to whether this Cork squad will be able to beat this Limerick side. When Limerick’s main men are back to their best, Cork just haven’t the physical or mental fortitude to even get near them.
