Cooke’s late point gives Limerick second chance

Limerick 1-6 Kerry 0-9

Having dominated the third quarter, when they wiped out a 1-5 to 0-4 interval deficit, it looked as if the good work of the host county was in vain when Ciaran Foley had Kerry’s lone second half score, on 51 minutes, to put them back in the ascendant, at 1-6 to 0-8.

With defenders James Costelloe, Pat Reidy and Ciaran O’Sullivan in mean mood, Limerick found their progress stalled, until Cooke raised the biggest cheer of the afternoon.