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Cork 2-29 Limerick 0-21
(After the extension)
Colin O’Brien hit three touchdowns in overtime that Joe Canning would have been proud of when Cork walked away to reserve a spot in the Munster U-20 final with a 2-29-0-21 win at LIT Gaelic Grounds.
Cork looked ready to move on, but three free-kicks by Limerick corner forward Aidan O’Connor in injury time forced the game into extra time.
Cork led 1-07 to 0-04 at halftime after a first half in which both teams were unable to make the most of the opportunities they created.
Cork took a four-point lead after ten minutes thanks to a pair of points from Brian Roche and released Alan Connolly and Tommy O’Connell.
Limerick, with senior panel members Jason Gillane, Brian O’Grady, Mark Quinlan and Josh Considine on board, finally settled and Dylan O’Shea finally knocked them off the mark with a 50-meter free after 14 minutes after that Cathal Downes had been denied. a scoring opportunity.
Cathal O’Neill followed up with a point and then O’Shea finished a nice passing move with another to close the gap to one point after 18 minutes.
Cork then landed a hard hit as Shane Barrett slammed low into the net after a good pass from Alan Connolly, but O’Connor responded with a free kick to Limerick.
Cork finished the first half strong with Connolly, O’Connell and Daire Connery leading by six in the interval.
Limerick took the lead after the restart and Bryan Nix, Considine, O’Neill and Cormac Ryan scored points to reduce the gap to two points in five minutes. Barrett set up Cork with a good point from the left, but Ryan canceled it with his long second. free range of the middle.
Connery and backup Brian Hayes, who had just entered, pushed the Rebels to four punts after 45 minutes before another free O’Connor left a goal between them before the second water break.
Limerick narrowed the gap to one point thanks to the efforts of Mark McCarthy and Ryan before another point from Barrett sent Cork ahead 1-11 to 0-12 with nine minutes to go.
O’Neill closed the gap to a minimum again, but Cork opened a four-point lead thanks to two great points from Connolly and one from Shane O’Regan.
O’Connor gave Limerick hope with a spikey free kick to leave a goal between the wings with four minutes remaining, and Ballybrown cut the margin to two in the first of three minutes of added time.
He also took a point from 20 meters free to the left and it turned out to be a good decision as they had a chance to equalize in the last minute of injury time when Colin Coughlan was fouled and O’Connor took the game into extra time. . from 50 meters.
Cork led 1-22 to 0-19 in the interval in overtime thanks to three sidelines by O’Brien and two efforts by Hayes, with Limerick’s woes exacerbated when senior panelist Quinlan limped off.
Cork continued to hold a lead in the second overtime period with O’Brien adding two more points in the game as they galloped late with substitute Hayes shooting a late goal to bring his loot 1-4.
Cork: Eoin Davis; Conor O’Callaghan (c), Eoin Roche, Aaron Walsh Barry; Daire Connery (0-04, 0-04f), Ciaran Joyce, Dáire O’Leary; Sam Quirke, Tommy O’Connell (0-02, 0-01f); Eoin Carey, Sean Twomey, Brian Roche (0-02); Shane Barrett (1-03), Alan Connolly (0-06, 0-04f), Jack Cahalane.
Subs: Brian O’Sullivan (0-01, 0-01f) for Twomey (ht), Brian Hayes (1-04) for Carey (44), Padraig Power for Cahalane (47), Darragh Flynn for O’Connell (48), Shane O’Regan (0-02) by Quirke (52), Colin O’Brien (0-05, 0-03sl) by B Roche (60), Cormac O’Brien by Joyce (78).
Limerick comic: Jason Gillane; Ben Herlihy, Brian O’Grady, Jimmy Quilty; Mark Quinlan, Cormac Ryan (0-03, 0-03f), Colin Coughlan; Kevin Bonnar, Josh Considine (0-01); Cathal Downes, Dylan O’Shea (0-02, 0-01f), Jack Ryan (c); Bryan Nix (0-01), Cathal O’Neill (0-05), Aidan O’Connor (0-08, 0-07f).
Subs: Michael Keane for Bonnar (ht), Mark McCarthy (0-01) for O’Shea (47), Sean Long for J Ryan (47), Danny O’Leary for Downes (51), Calvin Carroll for Considine (60), J Considine for Quinlan (70), Bob Purcell for Nix (70), Jack Nicholas for O’Connor (75), Fenton Denny for O’Callaghan (80).
Referee: Rory McGann (Clare).
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