Championship 2026: How likely is the Limerick-Cork collision course? 

The Munster championship throws in once more on Sunday.

Limerick's Barry Nash with Declan Dalton of Cork. Pic: INPHO/Tom O’Hanlon

After Cork and Limerick met in their regular league game in the Gaelic Grounds in March, Ben O’Connor was interviewed by Micheál Ó Domhnaill on TG4. After four successive wins, Ó Domhnaill said that defeat was always going to arrive at some stage. Except O’Connor didn’t agree with that assessment, or assumption.

“I wouldn’t say that, that defeat was always going to come,” said the Cork manager. “We came down here fully confident. We picked a team to win every league game, and we fully expected to win tonight. A lot of people might be doubting that, but we really expected to win here.”