19 August 2021
By Tom Collins
tom@TheCork.ie
Shane Dowling: says “Cork Overpriced At 3/1 For All-Ireland Win” – The Limerick Star Warns Of “Croke Park Upset”
All-Ireland winner Shane Dowling has warned his native Limerick that they will not have things all their own way in the All-Ireland Final against Cork.
The Na Piarsaigh man spoke exclusively to BoyleSports’ Leon Blanche ahead of the Croke Park showdown on Sunday and thinks Cork are overpriced to deny Limerick the Liam MacCarthy Cup for the second year in a row.
He said: “Cork are 3/1 and they’ve had some character-building wins over their last couple of games against Clare and Kilkenny. They are too big a price for me. Obviously the experience of Limerick I would like to think will tell and I know they won the last meeting by eight points, but if Cork hadn’t missed that penalty, we would have seen a different result. The gap in the betting is too big for me and I can’t see it being a big scoring difference, so Cork +4 in the handicap at 6/5 is great value.”
Dowling however earmarked Seamus Flanagan as a threat to find the back of the net first if the Rebels put too much focus on picking up other threats in the Limerick side.
“Both of Cork’s corner backs are really good and I suspect they are going to pick up Aaron Gillane and Peter Casey, which to my mind will leave Robert Downey and Seamus Flanagan. I’m a huge fan of Robert Downey, but I just think Seamus Flanagan’s pace will see him score the first goal at 15/2 while the Cork corner backs are going to concentrate on the other boys.
“Seamus was really good the last day against Waterford, he used the space well and got four points from play. If Limerick are going to win, they have to get a lot of ball into the full-forward line and get some return. I think Seamus is the man that can give them the most return out of the three and he could well end up as RTÉ’s Man of the Match at 11/1.
“I think it’s going to be a close game and Sean O’Donoghue at 33/1 would be my selection from Cork. He was top-class against Limerick in the Munster semi-final and looks good value if he can overcome his monumental task this Sunday.”
All Ireland Hurling 2021 ~ Outright Betting
1-4 Limerick
11-4 Cork
Limerick v Cork ~ Match Betting
1-3 Limerick
3 Cork
11 Draw
Limerick v Cork ~ Handicap Betting -4
8-11 Limerick (-4)
6-5 Cork (4)
11 Draw (-4)
Limerick v Cork ~ First Goalscorer
6 Aaron Gillane
7 Patrick Horgan
7 Jack O Connor
15-2 Seamus Flanagan
10 Peter Casey
10 Shane Kingston
12 Graeme Mulcahy
14 Cian Lynch
16 Kyle Hayes
16 Gearoid Hegarty
20 No Goalscorer
20 Tom Morrissey
25 Robbie O Flynn
25 Seamus Harnedy
33 Conor Cahalane
50 Luke Meade
50 Tim O Mahony
50 Darragh Fitzgibbon
50 Darragh O Donovan
50 William O Donoghue
66 Mark Coleman
80 Diarmuid Byrnes
80 Declan Hannon
80 Ger Millerick
Limerick v Cork ~ RTE Man Of The Match
13-2 Cian Lynch
7 Aaron Gillane
9 Kyle Hayes
10 Gearoid Hegarty
10 Patrick Horgan
11 Seamus Flanagan
14 Tom Morrissey
16 Mark Coleman
16 Sean Finn
16 William O Donoghue
16 Peter Casey
20 Seamus Harnedy
20 Shane Kingston
20 Darragh Fitzgibbon
20 Diarmuid Byrnes
20 Graeme Mulcahy
25 Alan Cadogan
25 Shane Barrett
25 Jack O Connor
25 Tim O Mahony
28 Declan Hannon
33 Barry Nash
33 Luke Meade
33 Nickie Quaid
33 Darragh O Donovan
33 Sean O Donoghue
33 Dan Morrissey
33 Robert Downey
33 Robbie O Flynn
33 Niall O Leary
40 Conor Cahalane
50 Alan Connolly
50 Patrick Collins
66 Richie English
66 Ger Millerick
