Kieran Shannon: Humbling defeat might be no harm for Cork in the long run
Since the last straight knockout championship back in 1996, only four teams in either hurling or football have lost a championship game by double figures and still gone on to win either a provincial championship or the All-Ireland itself in the same year.
The Cork hurlers will avoid catastrophising their 16-point defeat to Limerick. For one, they haven’t time to do so. Waterford await this weekend. Pic: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile
This time 15 years ago Conor Counihan’s footballers were the most fancied and talked-about side in their sport, just as Pat Ryan’s hurlers would have been up to a couple of days ago.
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