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What he said.

Any early news for this one?

See Clare have already held their press night, very early. Davy must be trying to keep the hype to a minimum.

Any chance of Paudie O'Sullivan or Brian Murphy being back? One or both of them would be a great boost to the Cork bench.

Little or no chance of Paudie as far as I know. Brian Murphy played 60 minutes at centre back for Bide Rovers last weekend so he's in with a good chance of making the final.

Interesting battles all over the pitch in this one. One that could have a big bearing on the outcome is Pa Horgan on David McInerney, both lads in great form, another great performance by McInerney in the u-21 match earlier. If he keeps Horgan quite, he's giving Clare a great chance of winning, likewise if Horgan gets the better of him and hits 10+ points, Cork would be in a good position.

This game could go either way. Clare will need to build a big lead in the first half to have any chance of surviving when Limerick really turn it on in the last quarter.

Maybe O'Dwyers red was harsh, I didn't actually see either challenge properly at the match and wasn't home for the Sunday Game, but just because they had a man, supposedly, harshly sent off, doesn't mean Rushe shouldn't have been put off also. I could clearly see from the other side of the pitch his pull on Horgan and it was extremely dangerous definitely a red.

Like the rest of the county, I'm absoloutley delighted with the win and the attention now turns to the matter of getting tickets for the final. If we get Clare, I think we should beat them again and if it's Limerick, well, I think we'd beat them as well. Maybe that's just me being slow to go against my own county but it seems to me that we have players who have been good all year and a lot of the lads that haven't been great played well yesterday. Conor Lehane, Luke O'Farrell, Jamie Coughlan and Lorcan McLoughlin all played better yeaterday than they have all year and Pa Horgan, Shane O'Neill and Anthony Nash all continued with their excellent form. Seamus Harnedy, Daniel Kearney and Chris Joyce were quieter yesterday but they'll be back. Things are looking good to me, but again, maybe I'm just being overly optimistic.

The Cork Senior Hurling team to play Dublin in Sunday's All-Ireland Semi-Final at 3.30pm in Croke Park will line out as follows:

               1. Anthony Nash
               Kanturk

2. Stephen McDonnell   3. Shane O'Neill         4. Conor O'Sullivan   
Glen Rovers          Bishopstown               Sarsfields   

5. Tom Kenny            6. Christopher Joyce         7. William Egan
Grenagh               Na Piarsaigh                       Kilbrin

      8. Lorcan Mc Loughlin         9. Daniel Kearney
      Kanturk                Sarsfields
10. Seamus Harnedy         11. Jamie Coughlan         12. Pa Cronin   
St. Ita's                          Newtownshandrum              Bishopstown

13. Luke O'Farrell       14. Patrick Horgan       15. Conor Lehane   
Midleton               Glen Rovers                Midleton

Cork ISPCA. If I put a space after 'is', it say Cork is better than Dublin.

Counihan has to go.

19, should have been 20. I spelled Philippines with one 'l' instead of two so it didn't accept it.

Maybe not, actually. Still a quality player, though.

The Cork team to play Kilkenny in the All-Ireland SHC Quarter-Final on Sunday at 2pm in Thurles will line out as follows:

            1. Anthony Nash
            Kanturk

2. Shane O'Neill      3. Stephen McDonnell    4. Conor O'Sullivan   
Bishopstown         Glen Rovers            Sarsfields

5. Tom Kenny         6. Christopher Joyce         7. William Egan
Grenagh            Na Piarsaigh            Kilbrin

      8. Lorcan Mc Loughlin      9. Daniel Kearney
      Kanturk             Sarsfields

10. Conor Lehane      11. Seamus Harnedy         12. Pa Cronin
Midleton            St. Ita's               Bishopstown

13. Luke O'Farrell      14. Patrick Horgan       15. Jamie Coughlan   
Midleton            Glen Rovers          Newtownshandrum

16.   Darren McCarthy Ballymartle   
17.   Kilian Murphy Erin's Own
18.   Mark Ellis Millstreet
19.   Stephen White Ballygarvan
20.   Rob O'Shea Carrigaline   
21.   Cian McCarthy Sarsfields
22.   Cathal Naughton Newtownshandrum
23.   Stephen Moylan Douglas
24.   Michael Cussen Sarsfields
25.   Michael O'Sullivan Tracton
26.   Eoin Keane St. Finbarr's

Lots of different stories about Kelly going around...That he's fit and has fallen out with management, that he has some sort of illness etc...Hard to know whats going on. Cork put a story out that Ciarán Sheehan was injured and unable to play a full part in the Munster final..yet he played half an hour and 3 days later played a full match for his club!

I hadn't heard that. If he actually was fit, it was ridiculous not to to play him. He made a huge difference when he came on. Imo, he's Corks best forward.

Don't think he's match-fit.

Only change I expect to see is Fintan Goold in for Collins.

The Cork game really depends on who's available for both teams... and how fit they are. Lorcan McLoughlin was absolutely terrible against Limerick. Hopefully, he's fit enough to turn in a performance against Kilkenny. If Fennelly is playing, Cork will need McLoughlin fit to combat Fennelly in midfield.

Tipp and Waterford both lost to Kilkenny because their half-forward lines were cleaned out by the Kilkenny half-backs. They were losing ball after ball and they didn't change tactics. Neither teams had any great ball winners in the half forward lines. Cork have Pa Cronin, who is brilliant in the air. He wasn't as good as he usually is against Limerick but if he's on-song, he will be a very good option for Nash's puckouts. One player who can win ball in the half-forward line won't be enough, though. Kilkenny have three strong half-backs capable of competing with Cronin. Lehane is good in the air for a player who is not that tall, but he hasn't played great so far this year. Cian McCarthy is capable of competing in the air some days, but those days don't come around often enough. Seamus Harnedy is our next best option, but, in my opinion, we need him at full forward line as he caused Limerick problems in there the last day out.

If Shane O'Neill isn't playing, I don't think we have much hope. He is our best defender and probably our only defender capable of marking Richie Hogan, who is, in my opinion, Kilkennys best forward at the moment. If Cork can keep Hogan quiet, I think they have a great chance of winning and I think the only way to keep Hogan quiet is to put O'Neill on him.

i'm drawn toward monaghan.. something in my bones says maybe

Did you put any money on that? I hope for your sake you did.

Monaghan got 8 votes. I assume they were all Monaghan fans? Did anyone outside Monaghan give them a hope of winning Ulster?

I knew it was going to happen