Footballers must learn from Croker loss as Cork hurlers gear up for Limerick.

About this episode

The episode discusses the recent losses of Cork footballers and Ireland's national team, analyzing missed opportunities and performance issues.

It was a disappointing few days of missed opportunities between Ireland's penalty shootout loss in the World Cup playoff and the Cork footballers' narrow defeat in Croke Park. You could make the case that Meath deserved their Division 2 success but John Cleary's side, like Ireland, were in a strong position to end their 16-year wait for national silverware. The Rebels haven't won at Croker since 2015 and when Chris Óg Jones hit the net early in the second half to build on a two-point half-time lead, they looked well set. However, Meath hit eight unanswered points in a nightmare period where Cork lost eight out of their nine kick-outs and failed to score for 16 minutes. Questions will be answered about the Rebels' set-up on restarts and Patrick Doyle's deliveries. Meath had clearly learned their lessons from the Páirc Uí Rinn meeting. There were positives though. Jones, notwithstanding a couple of missed goal chances in the first half, impressed as he bagged 1-3 while Steven Sherlock was sublime, nailing 0-9. Daniel O'Mahony was a powerhouse again. The refereeing performance of Kerry man Brendan Griffin certainly didn't endear him to Cork fans, as he failed to award any frees to…

People in this episode

Host: John Cleary

Topics covered

• Cork football
• Meath victory
• World Cup playoff
• GAA analysis
• sports performance
• hurling preparation

Keywords

• Cork
• Meath
• football
• World Cup
• GAA
• Croke Park
• John Cleary
• Chris Óg Jones
• Steven Sherlock

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meath, Cork, Ireland

Places: Croke Park, Páirc Uí Rinn

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