Hurling championship 2021

[joemamas]

Ger Canning and him are so much better and less annoying that Marty

[Wildweasel74]

What was the Cork defender at, what an idiot!!

[Capt Pat]

Horgan could have sealed the game with that 65 to go 4 up. Now Kilkenny have the momentum for extra time with that late goal.

[laoislad]

What was the Cork defender at, what an idiot!!

Just get rid of it and the game was over. Pissing around with it instead of belting it to the other end of the pitch.

[Mayo4Sam14]

I don't envy anybody who'd have to stand in goals for a penalty shootout in hurling

[seafoid]

KK aren't good enough.

[imtommygunn]

Tj Reid has been keeping them afloat this few years.

[manfromdelmonte]

KK aren't good enough.

Walter was brought on, you know things are grim

[Kidder81]

Cody being Cody, John Donnelly off at HT harshly enough I thought & then was it Keoghan on at HT and off 15 mins later?

[seafoid]

Tj Reid has been keeping them afloat this few years.

The problem of the truly great teams is the mediocrity
that follows eg Barca, Man Utd, AC Milan, Kilkenny, 80s Kerry
and, le cúnamh Dé , BÁC.
Days like today are the price of Shefflin's last few allstars.

[Milltown Row2]

Great semi final... sets up a different playing final of sorts, physically Limerick will batter Cork in the challenges/tussles/rucks but that's it, if Cork could sharpen up their shot selections and move the ball in the rucks they have a chance.

I'm still thinking Limerick by 6 but Cork have improved. Patrick Horgan was laser sharp today

[manfromdelmonte]

Tj Reid has been keeping them afloat this few years.

The problem of the truly great teams is the mediocrity
that follows eg Barca, Man Utd, AC Milan, Kilkenny, 80s Kerry
and, le cúnamh Dé , BÁC.
Days like today are the price of Shefflin's last few allstars.

The quality production line in KK seems to have gone at minor and U20, though they are still dominating the schools.

[clonadmad]

Tj Reid has been keeping them afloat this few years.

The problem of the truly great teams is the mediocrity
that follows eg Barca, Man Utd, AC Milan, Kilkenny, 80s Kerry
and, le cúnamh Dé , BÁC.
Days like today are the price of Shefflin's last few allstars.

The quality production line in KK seems to have gone at minor and U20, though they are still dominating the schools.

No u20/21 all ireland since 2008

No minor since 2014

The production line is long gone

[johnnycool]

Never underestimate Cork when it comes to finals and yes, this is new territory for most barring Harnedy and Horgan and maybe the Cadogans but they answered a few doubters yesterday when Kilkenny do what they do, hung on and got the draw. Cork were the ones to kick on in extra time and that's a mentality thing as much as fitness which will be pleasing for Kingston senior and the management team.

Problem is they're up against a very strong, quick and powerful Limerick who have very few weaknesses to exploit. Waterford tried to go toe to toe with them and run out of puff after 20 to 25 minutes, kind of understandable if you've been out for 4 weeks on the bounce but hitting off bigger men even if you seem to be getting joy will only last so long.

Cork play a similar game to Limerick in that they like to work it out to midfield and if there's no space to run through will stray a pass out in front of their two man FF line. Worked a treat yesterday and negated Paudie Walsh as the sweeper for most of the time. Limerick will look to stop this in the Cork half and if they don't get turn over ball (like rugby FFS) then the ball in will be longer and higher which their defence to date have gobbled up.

Hard to look past Limerick but Cork have a punchers chance.

As for the Cats, they shouldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater although I think Cody should quit and let the team move on as IMO they're still between two styles and reliant on high ball into TJ and then Walter when he came on and Cork who're not renowned for their aerial prowess dealt well with it after a few early scares.
In Eoin Cody, Lawlor and a few others they've still hurlers at the highest level but Cody's go to men were Walter, TJ and Richie Hogan and little impact of the bench means Kilkenny have to go digging into their club scene for suitable replacements as the underage teams especially the U20's were made little boys off by Galway in the Leinster championship.

[Milltown Row2]

Obviously it will be near impossible to get tickets for the game, but what is the ticket allocation going to be?

Was there talk of it going to 40,000?