Kenny: Red card turning point

Cork wing-back Tom Kenny believes that being short one man for the second half clearly affected the Leesiders’ performance in the punishing hot conditions in yesterday’s defeat to Limerick.

“It was very warm in the first half and as the game went on and we were a man down, it was our fault that we were getting the ball to where the spare man was. But then maybe the spare man was covering well.

“It was energy sapping and we just couldn’t seem to get beyond them. It proved the difference and they were coming out winning good ball in the second half, bringing it downfield and they got some good scores towards the end of the second half.”