Limerick v Cork Player Ratings: How Rebels ranked at TUS Gaelic Grounds
Cork's Alan Connolly is held by Limerick's Diarmaid Byrnes in Sunday's Munster hurling clash. Picture: Eddie O'Hare
Limerick had their homework done on the restarts and hunted goals in the first half, getting two which Collins had no chance with. Same with the penalty.
Under pressure from the off marking Aaron Gillane.
He slipped for the first goal and was on a yellow card by half-time. Had a much better second half to be fair until his injury.
Broke even with Shane O’Brien in the opening 35 minutes, though he was still dealing with a huge volume of ball coming in. O’Brien ended up going off and the late penalty call against Downey on Gillane was very harsh.
On David Reidy rather than his usual Gillane match-up. That battle was pretty even and O’Donoghue hoovered up a lot of breaks around puck-outs in the second half.
Deployed on Tom Morrissey, who had 0-4 by the break. Coleman actually got on the sliotar a fair bit, landed a point and sent two great low passes to Brian Hayes. Same in the second half, Coleman hurled a pile of ball but Morrissey stole another point and his replacement Cathal O’Neill had 0-2.
Wore five but started centre-back to tag Cian Lynch, who really grew into the first half and came up with his quote of highlight reel magic moments. Kept at it in the second half but a difficult afternoon.
Blasted over a smashing point in the first half but he wasn’t moving well after his injury problems. Yellow-carded and then taken off at half-time.
Didn’t have his usual first-half impact in terms of physicality. Better second half, without doubt, but way below his best like so many Rebels.
Couldn’t handle Adam English’s first-half movement and playmaking. Swapped to wing-forward for a spell and then replaced at half-time.
Only lasted seven minutes before going off injured. A significant loss of physicality in a side already down Seamus Harnedy.
Couldn’t get on any possession at all in centre-forward. Moved out to the wing in a switch with Barrett and ended up in midfield. In the second half, he was pushed up front, which said it all about a game to forget.
Picked up a few balls in dangerous positions in that disastrous first half, and arrowed over a point. Couldn’t get any meaningful possession in the second half though.
Fouled for a couple of first-half frees but starved of supply with Cork being wiped out in the middle third. Again earned a close-in free after the break but a very frustrating and scoreless outing.
As always a goal threat and sniped a point in the first half. Tried to force goals when Cork were chasing the game when he probably should have kept the scoreboard ticking.
Grabbed one of Cork’s few first-half points from play but missed three distance frees, two wide, one short, which Dalton would normally take. Smashed in a cracking goal from a free and rattled the crossbar late on, but a couple of long-range frees drifted off.
BRIAN ROCHE: Came in after seven minutes for Dalton, initially in the 10 slot and then midfield.
Hit a point and put himself about in that nightmarish first half. Not as involved in the second period.
Solid second half after going wing-back in place of Downey. Fouled for three frees and tackled hard.
Offered himself up as a target man after his introduction, scoring twice. Made a few good runs out wide that weren’t spotted as well.
First outing this summer after Niall O’Leary got injured with 20 minutes left. Battled away.
Late replacement for Connolly.
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