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Published 11:45 15 Jul 2019 BST
Updated 11:48 15 Jul 2019 BST
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"That man there in your shot, I thought he was going to be in serious bother," said Brendan Cummins on RTÉ commentary duty immediately afterwards.The impact was ferocious, the Cork man was subbed off a couple of minutes later.
Hogan was back to his feet like a shot. He fixed his helmet and with a mean scowl across his face, he looked ready for more. Richie Leahy gave him a pat on the back, TJ Reid clapped him up. That's leadership, that's honesty.
Feigning injury could easily have led to a Cooper red card, Hogan isn't into those games.
To the surprise of many in Croke Park, Hogan was substituted a few minutes later and his shake of the head said it all about a man who was hungry for more.
Brian Cody said afterwards that it would be a huge ask for Richie to play the full 70, given his injury history, but he was in no way underestimating his contribution.
"It’s huge what Richie Hogan contributed to the game and a huge ask for him to do it for 70 minutes. Would he do it? Of course, he would," said Cody of Hogan's performance to reporters after the game.
"What I will say that some of our players did have a tough enough time early on in particular, but showed real character and real resolve and real honesty and real genuineness not to just drop the head and just to keep going until the very, very end," he continued.
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