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A fantastic win in a game far from the classic so many predicted but the dramatic finish more than made up for that.

In this Limerick team the most irreplaceable player is Nickie Quaid, time and time again he pulls off miracles in the goal, Patrick Collins made some super saves too in fairness.


Up to yesterday we had lost the knack of edging tight contests with Cork who seemed to have what it takes to see these games home.

Yesterday it was our patience and composure in a frantic finish that was critical plus no score for Cork from play for 40 minutes.


If we meet again in a final Cork will be better than they showed yesterday but so will we, Shane O Brien and Aaron Gillane due big games.


The scenes at full time show how much Limerick love winning finals with more to come.

Sliothar73 (Limerick) - Posts: 18 - 08/06/2026 17:06:59    2678717

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it coming home

hlynch12 (Limerick) - Posts: 83 - 10/06/2026 23:21:58    2678932

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Replying To Sliothar73:  "A fantastic win in a game far from the classic so many predicted but the dramatic finish more than made up for that.

In this Limerick team the most irreplaceable player is Nickie Quaid, time and time again he pulls off miracles in the goal, Patrick Collins made some super saves too in fairness.


Up to yesterday we had lost the knack of edging tight contests with Cork who seemed to have what it takes to see these games home.

Yesterday it was our patience and composure in a frantic finish that was critical plus no score for Cork from play for 40 minutes.


If we meet again in a final Cork will be better than they showed yesterday but so will we, Shane O Brien and Aaron Gillane due big games.


The scenes at full time show how much Limerick love winning finals with more to come."
not so sure if cork get to the final they will be better (if they are playing limerick).....mentally they are soft. and a croke park with 82000 fullhouse will they have the bottle to see off a limerick team that take a full croke park in their stride.

munsterchamps (Limerick) - Posts: 1158 - 11/06/2026 17:18:41    2679028

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Replying To munsterchamps:  "not so sure if cork get to the final they will be better (if they are playing limerick).....mentally they are soft. and a croke park with 82000 fullhouse will they have the bottle to see off a limerick team that take a full croke park in their stride."
add Shane Fitzgibbon to that Cork team and he improves them by at least a couple of points
Add in that BOC is really only learning his trade as a manager - he will improve
The guts Cork showed last year to win Munster, after we had hammered them in the round robin doesnt show mental softness. But they are a bit of an enigma.

What struck me about last Sunday is that Limerick were by a distance, and by all the metrics, the better team - shots, possession, wides, puckouts. And yet we won only by a single point, we trailed for most of the game, and Cork could have stolen extra time at the death. We played like the team that lacked a wee bit of confidence and I cant help but wonder if those narrow defeats to Cork had the team questioning themselves
The relief on winning from the coaches and players was evident
Now, maybe we will kick on, and improve further or maybe Cork will take heart from an average enough performance (no score from play for more than 30 minutes!) that still almost won the game?

No matter who we play in the semi is going to be a challenge
Clare may be on the wane, and maddeningly inconsistent but tare capable of beating anybody in a one-off game. Dublin lack a bit of belief in themselves (they are not as bad as they looked v Galway) but for obvious reasons might fancy a shot at Limerick
We have a few things to work on for 3 weeks time
We have to play English (he is too good to not start) which means shuffling the deck as we also have to play O Donovan and Lynch
Gillane is a wee bit off but he has to play - he is too important to us
And we are still vulnerable to pacy forwards (Clare, Cork)
And we are creating more goal scoring chances but we are not as clinical at taking them as some teams

Yadse (Limerick) - Posts: 267 - 12/06/2026 00:34:04    2679067

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