A green flag feast. A first win of the campaign. Cork are on the board in the Munster U20 round-robin.
Such a comfortable securing of the two points on offer was in no way a foreseeable outcome approaching half-time. Backed by a strongish breeze in the opening half, the hosts trailed all the way to the 19th minute and did not hit the front until the 23rd minute.
Even two minutes out from the half-hour mark, their lead of a single point was set for extreme second-half scrutiny by a Limerick side opening their campaign.
All changed on the run into the break. Barry Walsh’s burying of a 20-metre free was part of Cork outgunning the visitors 1-3 to 0-1 for a six-point interval lead.
The wind now blowing into Cork’s face proved no…