Cork-Limerick: a Munster 'rivalry' veering towards benign respect than rabid antipathy

With recent under age success in both counties, the fuel for consistent rivalry and acrimony is there 

BENIGN?: Cork's Aidan Walsh and Shane Kingston take a tumbleo in a clash with Limerick's Richie English and Dan Morrissey in a 2019 Championship clash at the Gaelic Grounds. 

That Cork and Limerick are ancient and eternal foes is beyond dispute. They’ve been locking horns in the Munster championship since the very beginning and along with Tipperary have annexed 118 of the 134 Munster titles on offer since 1888.

For all its merits, however, the rivalry is missing something. A bit of drama, a bit of controversy even a bit of poison. It’s perhaps easier to define what it is by saying what it isn’t - it isn’t Cork and Tipp.