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Anthony Daly: Cork put exclamation mark on statement win with green flags
Shane Kingston’s late goal, and the two green flags which followed from Alan Connolly, put the exclamation marks on a statement Cork performance
HELD UP: Cork’s Mark Coleman is tackled by Waterford’s Austin Gleeson during the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 clash. Picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach
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Just after Waterford had pared the deficit down to four points with four minutes remaining yesterday at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, I scribbled on my notepad ‘4 with 4??’ With Cork feeling Waterford’s hot breath on their necks, I was thinking that the match could go either way, but that thought was extinguished in a blink by a magnesium flash of Shane Kingston class.
Coach to Waterford players, Kerry manager and Croke Park hurling double hopes
Fintan O’Connor manages Kerry tomorrow and will have a huge interest in Waterford’s fortunes as well. By Fintan O Toole Saturday 12 Dec 2020, 9:00 AM Dec 12th 2020, 9:00 AM 7,125 Views 0 Comments
Kerry coach Brendan Cummins and manager Fintan O Connor.
Image: Oisin Keniry/INPHO
Image: Oisin Keniry/INPHO
FINTAN O’CONNOR CONFESSES to being a bit dazed while watching last month’s hurling quarter-final involving Waterford against Clare.
He is connected to the present Waterford bunch in a multitude of ways through different coaching roles. But tuning in fully was difficult in the aftermath of his own hurling engagement that afternoon.
Waterford playwright and life-long Déise hurling fan Liam Heylin said the county was daring to believe in this most extraordinary of years. It s been fantastic to follow so many legendary Waterford players and teams coming to Cork and Thurles and Croke Park over the years, he said. This time we ll be going into deliriums in front of our tellies in corners all over the world - where we all loves our county too, John Mullane . Go on the Déise!
Ballybricken, one of Waterford s oldest suburbs, was a sea of blue and white with even Santa Claus swapping his traditional red and white for the Waterford colours.