Early goals were killer blows, admits Bennis

THERE was to be no repeat of 1973 for Richie Bennis in Croke Park yesterday.

Thirty-four years ago he won an All-Ireland senior medal at Kilkenny’s expense, but he had to endure a seven point defeat at the hands of the Cats as Limerick’s manager, and he was clearly hurting.

“The whole country had us written off before we ever set foot in the stadium, but we came up here confident in our ability that we could win the game. There was no point in coming otherwise, but unfortunately for us it didn’t work out the way we had planned.