Rebels canter to Munster final date with Kingdom

Cork’s minor footballers booked a Munster final date with Kerry on the first Sunday of July courtesy of this unexpectedly comfortable 16-point dismissal of Limerick yesterday evening.
Rebels canter to Munster final date with Kingdom

The victory also guarantees Cork’s latest minor batch an All-Ireland quarter-final berth and manager Brian Herlihy was understandably appreciative of the context of this semi-final win given last year’s highly-rated Cork minor side fell to Kerry after extra-time at this very hurdle and were therefore out of the running by the second weekend of May.

“We stressed beforehand this was our game for the year,” said Herlihy afterwards.

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