Limerick manager Leo O'Connor cut a contented figure after his side's dramatic victory over Cork in last night's Munster semi-final.

Beaten by the Rebels in the quarter-final, Limerick turned the tables thanks to corner forward Peter Casey's late goal.

"Cork had probably the upper-hand for the first 20 minutes," O'Connor said in the Irish Examiner.

"Similar to the situation we had down in Páirc Uí Rinn when we met in the quarter-final. We were seven points up and they came back at us before half-time.

"Today we came back and we went in a draw at half time 0-7 each. Both sides had chances but we had absolutely heroic defending. Jack O'Grady stepped in front of one ball and Tom Hayes another. Their work rate got them through there tonight. It is done and dusted now. We have 10 days to get ready for a Munster final (against Tipperary)."

Cork boss Denis Ring was left to rue his side's wastefulness in front of goal.

"It is terribly disappointing for us to lose. We had something like 15 wides tonight. We had enough hurling to win the match. We didn't get the scores when it mattered.

"That's the difference. They (Limerick) missed nothing. Regardless of Shane (Kingston, who was out injured) we should have still won the match. We were going through for a couple of goal chances there in the end but nothing came of them. We possibly should have popped the ball over the bar.

"In fairness fellas do the best they can. They went out there and they competed well and they contested every ball. They tried to do the right thing all the time. They did everything but put the ball over the bar and that is the difference between winning and losing."

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