South Liberties turn it around
Though playing with a huge gale at their backs in the opening half, the Limerick champions had been completely outplayed by Douglas, who looked a class apart in building up a 0-7 to 0-5 lead. During that period, the Cork men were completely dominant, starting in defence where Alan Barry and Eoin Cadogan were imperious down the centre, continuing in midfield where Colin O’Mahony and the strong-running Barry Fitzgerald were on top, and on to a hard-working forward sextet, five of whom got on the scoresheet, with the sixth, towering wing-forward Marc Collins, doing some superb setup work.
That two-point lead should have been much more had Douglas converted any of the several clear goal-chances they created, brothers Stephen and James Moylan denied only through desperate last-ditch tackling, while the former also opted for a point from close range when a goal was on.
