SHOOTOUT WAS A BIG SURPRISE FOR LYNCH

CIAN LYNCH had no idea that last Saturday's Munster final would go to penalties and admitted that he would have welcomed a replay instead.

- BY PAT NOLAN

Limerick relinquished their grip on the Mick Mackey Cup that they had held since 2019 as they lost a shootout 3-2 after they and Cork couldn't be separated after extra-time.

Albeit two Ulster football finals have been decided in this fashion, the concept of penalties to decide major inter-county games is a relatively new one in the GAA.

It was only after Darragh Fitzgibbon's late 65 levelled the game yet again at the end of extra-time that Lynch realised that the tie would be decided in this fashion.