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Published 14:35 19 Aug 2018 BST
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Again, the following day both Cork and Limerick took an age to psyche themselves up for the second period while Paud O'Dwyer waited on them.
Johnny Murphy of Limerick was refereeing the All-Ireland minor hurling final between Kilkenny and Galway on Sunday. Himself and his Limerick linesmen probably didn't mean to take a stand against teams taking all day on the interval but that doesn't matter, because in leaving the 17-year-olds of Galway and Limerick waiting on them for once, they'd issued the players with a dose of their own medicine.
The lads on commentary duty for TG4 joked that the kettle took too long to boil for the refs.
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They emerged business-like to ironic cheers from the crowd, but that didn't matter, their job had been done.
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As for the hurling, Richie Mulrooney's Cats got off to a flying start in GAA HQ. Cian Kenny was bossing it in midfield and the highly rated Ciaran Brennan picked off a beauty as they raced into an early 0-4 to 0-0 lead.
Galway steadied the ship, with Donal, the son of former Tipperary manager Eamon O'Shea taking the driving seat. His pace and drive caused endless problems for the Cats rearguard and his score-taking, both from open play and placed balls kept Galway ticking over.
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