Kilkenny all but end Limerick hopes

Kilkenny all but end Limerick hopes

Any lingering hopes Limerick had of promotion must have vanished last night after a 3-1 defeat to Kilkenny City in Buckley Park. Kilkenny were ahead after ten minutes when Brian McCarthy slotted home after Jamie Duffy's through ball.

Dave O'Connor made it 2-0 just five minutes later as he headed in from Tadhg Purcell's cross. Duffy again created the goal as Kilkenny went three up on 23 minutes. Duffy's cross was headed in by David Cassidy and Limerick were reeling.

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We played some really good football at times - best I have seen from us for some time, we were just a bit wastefull in that we didnt put all of our chances away. 3-1 flattered Limerick a bit it could easilly have been 5 or more for us. Btw I saw a lad there with a cork city hat on, wasnt any of ye by any chance?

Wasn't me anyway .... joema ... the Kilkenny board is gone really quiet now so we dont hear what is going on. How is matchday now at Bucker ... are the crowds picking up with the winning brand of football being played ?

Crowds were picking up a bit but this has now stopped - crowds are now pretty poor we completley outplayed Limerick and played some brilliant foot ball but there was only about 250 people there to see it