John Meyler was left to rue Cork's sluggish second half performance after their All-Ireland SHC quarter-final defeat to Kilkenny.

Despite a massive haul of 3-10 from full forward Patrick Horgan and being ahead at the break, the Rebels succumbed to a 2-27 to 3-18 defeat to Brian Cody's underdogs.  

"It’s disappointing the way it ended. Kilkenny got the start on us there in the second half," the Cork manager told RTE. 

"They got a goal and a couple of points and went five or six up. And while we came back into the game we could never level it or even go ahead. That was really it."

Meyler acknowledged that much of the damage was done between the 40th and 52nd minutes when Kilkenny reeled off eight points without reply. 

"That was critical at that junction in the game. The momentum, the decisions went against us. There coming towards the end when we needed one or two things to go right they didn’t go. But it’s just good defending from Kilkenny.

"Just the start of the second half where Kilkenny got that goal really and gave them the impetus then to drive forward. That was really it and they never looked back after that."

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