Dublin deepen Cork hurling crisis
Not since the strike of 2009 has a Cork hurling team lost three league games on the bounce, while Saturday’s 10 point mauling was the third time in the last 10 months that the county has endured a double-digit defeat.
On Saturday night, Cork were 4-20 to 0-14 in arrears after 65 minutes. Between the 12th and 24th minutes, they were hit for 3-6 without reply. The first three scores of this Dublin burst stemmed from routine mistakes by men wearing the red and white; two sloppy clearances and Christopher Joyce over-carrying allowing David Treacy (0-2 frees) and Liam Rushe nudged the hosts in front. There followed three Dublin goals, bagged one after another on 19, 22 and 24 minutes.
