Kingston: So near, yet so far

Disappointment diluted by a measure of satisfaction was Cork selector Kieran Kingston’s reaction to demotion to Division 1B of the 2014 Allianz Hurling League after yesterday’s loss to Clare.

“No matter who went down today it was going to be disappointing,” he surmised.

“We would still say we had a very good league campaign, a puck of a ball between being in a semi-final or being in a relegation final and now a puck of a ball between staying up and being relegated. In the end a deflected ball over the bar (Cathal Naughton’s last-gasp goal-bound shot) was the difference between winning and losing.