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2024 Allianz Hurling League Division 1A – Kilkenny 0-21 Cork 1-17

February 10 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Kilkenny defeated Cork by 0-21 to 1-17 in Round 2 of the Allianz Hurling League Division 1A on Saturday February 10th at Supervalu Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Match Highlights

Agony for resurgent Cork as Cats cling on by narrowest margin

Cork 1-17 Kilkenny 0-21

Report by John Fogarty for the Irish Examiner newspaper

Cork have suffered successive opening league defeats for the first time in five years despite a resurgent display against Kilkenny at a blustery SuperValu Páirc Ui Chaoimh this evening.

Eight points behind after 20 minutes, Cork went ahead with 12 minutes to go but were left to rue a hat-trick of missed goal opportunities early in the second half as John Donnelly’s second point of the game in additional time proved the difference.

Watched by a pretty crowd of 16,274, substitute Mark Coleman made his first appearance in the red and white since 2022. That was one of a few positives for Cork yet they now face a challenge not to be demoted to Division 1B next season.

A frantic finish saw Kilkenny twice go ahead only to be pegged back and Patrick Collins keep out a batted Walter Walsh goalbound shot in the 69th minute. Donnelly put Kilkenny up once more in additional time and Shane Kingston’s chance to level or even find the net was lost when his touch betrayed him.

Cork had three goal openings inside the first 10 minutes of the second half, two of them spurned. Less than two minutes after the resumption, Patrick Horgan’s effort was admirable but went wide and the attack was overplayed, as was Kingston’s chance in the 43rd minute.

So quiet in the first half, Kingston put the afterburners on again and made a beeline for goal but Eoin Murphy was equal to his shot. At least Cork tied up the game in the 50th minute and went ahead for the first time in the 58th but those opportunities should have been two points at the very least.

For two-thirds of the first half, Cork’s play wavered between the abject and the impractical. Inside the first 13 minutes, they had posted four wides and dropped a couple of shots short. Their inside forward line looked forlorn as the little ball that came their way was either overhit or misplaced.

Kilkenny, on the other hand, were sharp and the work ethic of their forward line was causing panic for a Cork back line who insisted on playing the ball through the hands.

Cork were loose with their puck-outs too and far too pedestrian when Kilkenny were restarting. A couple of their first six points in the opening 10 minutes were assisted by goalkeeper Eoin Murphy.

Luke Meade had a penalty call turned down in the 14th minute. In truth, he oversold the foul and it spoke of the desperation in the Cork play at that time. The next four points came from the visitors whose advantage jumped to eight points by the 20th minute.

Cork needed to rejig and while the introduction of Ger Millerick for Rob Downey didn’t make an instant impact, his presence gave the home defence more composure.

Kilkenny scored three of the next five points to lead 0-13 to 0-4 by the 26th minute. However, they failed to point for the remaining 11 minutes of the half as Cork finally made a game of it.

In the 33rd minute, they strung together two successive points for the first time in the game and Patrick Horgan followed it with his third free of the game when Huw Lawlor was booked for a high foul on Conor Lehane.

Cork still had concerns – Tommy O’Connell’s last-gasp hook tracking Mikey Carey was vital in the 35th minute. They crowned their purple patch when Conor O’Callaghan finished low for a goal in the second minute of additional time after he was put in by Seán Twomey.

Scorers for Cork: P. Horgan (0-10, frees); C. O’Callaghan (1-0); C. Lehane (0-3), T. O’Connell, T. O’Mahony, R. O’Flynn, S. Barrett (0-1 each).

Scorers for Kilkenny: E. Cody (0-7, 5 frees); A. Mullen (0-5); B. Drennan (0-3, 2 frees); C. Kenny, J. Donnelly (0-2 each); M. Carey, S. Murphy (0-1 each).

CORK: P. Collins; S. O’Donoghue (c), E. Roche, E. Downey; T. O’Mahony, N. O’Leary, R. Downey; T. O’Connell, C. O’Callaghan; L. Meade, C. Lehane, S. Twomey; S. Kingston, P. Horgan, R. O’Flynn.
Subs for Cork: G. Millerick for R. Downey (21); B. Roche for L. Meade (h-t); E. Twomey for C. O’Callaghan (42); S. Barrett for R. O’Flynn (44); M. Coleman for E. Downey (49).

KILKENNY: E. Murphy; M. Butler, H. Lawlor (c), T. Walsh; D. Blanchfield, D. Corcoran, S. Murphy; C. Kenny, M. Carey; B. Ryan, J. Donnelly, C. Heary; A. Mullen, L. Hogan, E. Cody.
Subs for Kilkenny: M. Keoghan for B. Ryan (h-t); B. Drennan for L. Hogan (46); K. Blanchfield for M. Carey (51); W. Walsh for C. Heary (55); P. McDonald for C. Kenny (64).

Referee: J. Murphy (Limerick).

Team News

CORK (Allianz HL v Kilkenny): Patrick Collins (Ballinhassig); Eoin Downey (Glen Rovers), Eoin Roche (Bride Rovers), Seán O’Donoghue (Inniscarra); Tim O’Mahony (Newtownshandrum), Niall O’Leary (Castlelyons), Robert Downey (Glen Rovers); Tommy O’Connell (Midleton), Conor O’Callaghan (Dromtarriffe); Luke Meade (Newcestown), Conor Lehane (Midleton), Seán Twomey (Courcey Rovers); Robbie O’Flynn (Erin’s Own), Patrick Horgan (Glen Rovers), Shane Kingston (Douglas).
Subs: Brion Saunderson (Midleton), Cathal McCarthy (Sarsfields), Ger Millerick (Fr O’Neills), Dáire O’Leary (Watergrasshill), Mark Coleman (Blarney), Ethan Twomey (St Finbarr’s), Brian Roche (Bride Rovers), Eoin Carey (Kilworth), Shane Barrett (Blarney), Jack O’Connor (Sarsfields), Robbie Cotter (Blackrock).

KILKENNY (Allianz HL v Cork): Eoin Murphy (Glenmore); Mikey Butler (O’Loughlin Gaels), Huw Lawlor (O’Loughlin Gaels), Tommy Walsh (Tullaroan); David Blanchfield (Bennettsbridge), Darragh Corcoran (Shamrocks), Jordan Molloy (O’Loughlin Gaels); Cian Kenny (James Stephens), Mikey Carey (Young Irelands); Adrian Mullen (Shamrocks), John Donnelly (Thomastown), Conor Heary (O’Loughlin Gaels); Billy Ryan (Graigue Ballycallan), Luke Hogan (O’Loughlin Gaels), Eoin Cody (Shamrocks).
Subs: Darren Brennan (St Lachtains), Padraic Moylan (Dicksboro), Zach Bay Hammond (Thomastown), Conor Delaney (Erins Own), Cillian Buckley (Dicksboro), Peter McDonald (Thomastown), Kevin Blanchfield (Bennettsbridge), Martin Keoghan (Tullaroan), Walter Walsh (Tullogher Rosbercon), Harry Shine (Dicksboro), Billy Drennan (Galmoy).

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Details

Date:
February 10
Time:
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Venue

Supervalu Páirc Uí Chaoimh

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