Cork v Waterford

2022 - 4 - 2

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Down shoot for the stars as chance for top table spot awaits against ... (Down GAA)

Here they are, though, bound for Semple Stadium - the curtain-raiser to a Division One clash between Cork and Waterford – knowing victory over Westmeath, who ...

Everything after that is in the hands of the hurling Gods.” But the game, and the chance to win promotion, is the most important thing. “I spent my boyhood being brought to Thurles by my father, being lifted over the turnstiles in the good old days when you could do that. The break of the ball has generally decided games and I wouldn’t expect it to be any different on Saturday. Just as in that game, they will be without midfielder Donal Hughes, the Bredagh man missing out with a knee injury. It is a situation few would have predicted when, after the guts of a decade stuck in Division 2B, the Ardsmen finally found an escape route two years ago.

Cork v Waterford: Score and Result as Waterford are crowned ... (Irish Mirror)

A four goal blitz from Waterford handed the Déise victory in the final of the 2022 National Hurling League over Cork at Semple Stadium this evening.

Waterford's confidence will be high heading into the Munster Championship in a fortnight. Waterford controlled the game throughout and in all honesty never looked like losing. Many pundits thought Cork's full back line would struggle to deal with Waterford's attacking prowess.

GAA: Waterford stun Cork to take Division 1 National Hurling ... (BreakingNews.ie)

Despite the absence of talisman Austin Gleeson, Waterford stormed to victory over Cork in the National Hurling League Division 1 final at Semple Stadium.

Earlier, in the first of the Thurles double-header, Westmeath eased to victory in the Division 2A final over Down, with the game ending 5-19 to 1-17. In the Division 3B final, Fermanagh bested Longford 2-18 to 1-17. Despite the absence of talisman Austin Gleeson, Waterford stormed to victory over Cork in the National Hurling League Division 1 final at Semple Stadium.

Liam Cahill reacts as Waterford romp home in big win v Cork (Pundit Arena)

Two goals in either half for Waterford saw them claim the Allianz National Hurling Division 1 crown with a comfortable win against Cork.

It has been for everyone with the pandemic and that. We’ve put ourselves in that position over the last two years, and it has been difficult. I’m glad that we met that milestone tonight, and the game will stand us in good stead ahead of the upcoming Championship.

Recap: AHL Division 1 final - Waterford 4-20 1-23 Cork (RTE.ie)

Waterford are crowned league champions for a fourth time after a six-point win over Cork.

Congratulations Waterford, commiserations Cork - thanks for joining us. Cork host Limerick two hours later at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. We don't have long to wait to see these two sides in action again and what a championship it promises to be.

GAA fans saying the same thing as Stephen Bennett scores super ... (The Irish Sun)

STEPHEN BENNETT was at his mercurial best for Waterford in their hurling league final with Cork at Semple Stadium.The league's top scorer going into t.

They notched their first two within the space of 60 seconds, with Patrick Curran getting the first on 25 minutes, and Bennett getting the second on 26. Bennett was one of three goalscorers for the Deise on the day, with Dessie Hutchinson and Patrick Curran getting the other two. It was his second goal of the day, having scored in the first-half, but it was one that captured the imaginations of fans on social media.

Four-star Waterford bury Cork in goals (Irish Examiner)

Allianz HL Division 1 Final: Waterford 4-20 Cork 1-23. Four goals secured Waterford a fourth Allianz Hurling League title, the Déise netting twice in either ...

But then, of course, arrived the Waterford goal rush. Kingston’s charges had four wides registered inside nine minutes, as well as another effort dropped short. Four goals secured Waterford a fourth Allianz Hurling League title, the Déise netting twice in either half to sink an error-ridden Cork challenge. The difference at half-time was the two goals Waterford bagged within 50 seconds of each other in the 26th minute of the opening period. Four goals secured Waterford a fourth Allianz Hurling League title, the Déise netting twice in either half to sink an error-ridden Cork challenge. Another Cork three-in-a-row shrunk the gap to four - 3-17 to 0-22 - on 64 minutes, but the Waterford reply was as clinical as it was decisive, a Carthach Daly burst through the centre of the Cork defence finishing with a pop pass to the up to then subdued Dessie Hutchinson who struck for his team’s fourth and final goal.