Kieran Kingston: 'We were not working the ball out the way we agreed we’d work it out'

Cork suffered an eight-point loss to Limerick after a particularly chastening first half

Cork’s manager Kieran Kingston and his backroom team after the game

Cork manager Kieran Kingston accepted his young side couldn’t cope early on as Limerick led 0-17 to 1-4 at one stage of the counties’ Allianz Hurling League meeting at LIT Gaelic Grounds.

“We knew coming in it was going to be a difficult game,” Kingston told RTÉ.