Horgan pegs back Premier

A whopping 48 scores in thisfrenetic final round Division 1A Allianz Hurling League game in sunny Semple Stadium yesterday, Cork’s Patrick Horgan with a superb grab and smashing point in the second minute of injury-time earning his side a fully deserved share of the spoils after they had trailed by four entering the final 10 minutes.

All by itself the final scoreline tells the tale of this one; from first whistle to last it was open, end-to-end, point-for-point, two attack-minded teams going hell-for-leather for the win that would guarantee them a place in the league semi-final.

All academic ultimately, Kilkenny’s hammering of Galway in Nowlan Park meaning both Tipp and Cork are through anyway, where they will now meet each other again. They didn’t know that as the ball was thrown in, however, and anyway, regardless of what happened in Kilkenny, a Cork win would have changed the semi-final line-up to the Rebels meeting the winners of the Clare/Limerick Division 1B final.