Seamus Harnedy provides this in spades in every game but pride of place goes to Bill Cooper this week. Onfield leadership is a basic requirement for any team. Patrick Horgan played at centre forward and was hugely influential, although he stills needs some ‘one to one’ guidance to improve his support play.Ĭork had three unanswered points at the end of the first half, with a great last score from Pa Cronin and again finished the game with a strong surge. “The forward unit needs to lay down a marker with an aggressive disciplined display from the off.” - These were my final words on Saturday and the forward unit’s high work rate and application from start to finish contributed hugely to Cork’s success. The manner in which Cork won will have pleased their management and supporters no end. He made some very good sideline calls and answered his critics! Manager Ger Cunningham will be pleased with his evenings work. Dublin were revitalised and rattled off nine unanswered points.Īs the clock wound down Limerick’s long deliveries from defence played into the hands of Rushe who thundered into the game driving Dublin forward McCaffrey was pushed forward with Rushe now marking David Breen. His movement and enthusiasm made a huge difference. Their forward line lacked a goal threat with Graeme Mulcahy at half forward.ĭublin’s management then introduced Dotsie O’Callaghan. Effectively Limerick lost the game in this period of dominance. Dublin had plenty of possession through short puck-outs but they seemed confused in the middle third and long ball forward was poorly directed. Limerick dominated the early stages of the game leading1-8 to 0-3 after 26 minutes.ĭublin began with Johnny McCaffrey as a holding player in front of sweeper Liam Rushe while their colleagues man-marked in defence. However, they had no answer for Ryan, who was magnificent, scoring six points from play. Schutte was well marshalled by Seamus Hickey.
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