The goals were the difference: JBM’s relief as Cork end drought

Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy pointed to Seamus Harnedy’s goal as the crucial score in the county’s first Munster title success since 2006.

The provincial decider was deadlocked at 0-18 apiece when the central channel of Limerick’s defence inexplicably split open on 54 minutes. The momentary loss in shape allowed Harnedy an unchecked path to goal where he beat Nicky Quaid with a most venomous strike. Opportunism at its finest.

Substitute Paudie O’Sullivan grabbed goal No 2 on 64 minutes, all but ending this game as a contest.