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We continue towards the provincial finals at breakneck speed.

Myself and Colm Cooper enjoyed our foray into the heart of Munster hurling country for the Clare-Cork game in Ennis. We got to sample the drama from the terrace before making our way to the RTÉ gantry for the second televised game. The locals made a point of sympathising with us for having to analyse football right after the Clare comeback.

Naturally, the banter was flowing between the Gooch and the away supporters over the previous evening's close shave in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. If he heard "you were lucky last night, boy!!" once, he heard it a thousand times.

It was probably a sobering weekend overall for the Cork support. After frittering away a glorious opportunity to take down Kerry on Saturday, they were being handed Liam MacCarthy by half-time last Sunday, only to be reeled in over the course of a breathless second half.

If I could pinpoint one error the Cork hurlers made last Sunday... only kidding. You won't have to endure any hurling analysis from me. We'll leave that to Dalo and Donal Óg, although they probably had a job composing themselves to go back on the air after full-time.

It was a rousing effort from John Cleary's side the night before which has re-invigorated the Munster championship. But coming away from it, their main emotion will surely be regret.

Cork had most of the momentum in extra-time and dominated possession but their accuracy let them down in the endgame.

They had been making hay on the two-pointers earlier on - Brian O'Driscoll becoming a real specialist in that area - but started blazing wides when the game was there for them, not to mention Colm O'Callaghan's gilt-edged goal chance which he dragged wide of the far post.

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