Ryan: We shot our load in the semi-final
Bitter-sweet, a lot more bitter than sweet, let it be said, as he tried to come to terms with Limerick’s loss.
“We never turned up,” he said, shaking his head; “We shot our load in the semi-final, had nothing left. We needed the start they got. Even if we’d held them to one goal, but to score a second within a minutes — absolutely gutting. Our first two puck-outs, Tommy Walsh caught the first, JJ caught the second – where do you go after that? Flaking hurlers, awesome, and hard men too. What are they going to be like next year, going for three-in-a-row, going for their 31st All-Ireland, ahead of Cork? They’re a serious team, a driven team, and Cody is a driven man.”
