Cork v Kilkenny: Rebels welcome Cats to Pairc Uí Chaoimh for NHL clash
Billy Ryan of Kilkenny in action against Eoin Roche of Cork. Photo by Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile
Cork host Kilkenny in Pairc Uí Chaoimh as the National Hurling League continues.
Follow all the action in our live blog, with the game throwing in at 7.30pm.
Cork
1-17
(20)
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0-21
(21)
Kilkenny
Tim O'Mahony takes a speculative shot on but it falls to the left of the posts once more. Cork are beginning to take the wrong options in attack. Kilkenny also fire wide at the other end.
Kilkenny nudge themselves back into the lead through Donnelly.
Patrick Horgan holds off the challenge of Huw Lawlor but drags his shot wide.
There are 4 minutes of additional time!
There are 4 minutes of additional time!
HUGE save from Patrick Collins!
Walter Walsh aims to bat the ball to the net but Niall O'Leary gets a slight hook on the effort. Collins smothers the shot with his legs.
Walter Walsh aims to bat the ball to the net but Niall O'Leary gets a slight hook on the effort. Collins smothers the shot with his legs.
Patrick Horgan makes no mistake with the free.
The Kilkenny half-back is given a yellow card.
Billy Drennan finishes off a swift move from the Cats and splits the posts.
A routine free for Horgan levels the scores once more.
Horgan got in behind the Kilkenny full-back, but has his hurl pulled back preventing him from a goal chance.
Derek Lyng makes another substitution.
Drennan knocks over the resulting free from the Coleman foul.
Mark Coleman receives a yellow card for a wild swing of the hurl.
Patrick Horgan misses from a relatively straightforward free by his high standards.
Kilkenny's wide tally rises to 9 in total as Adrian Mullen's effort sails wide and to the left.
Billy Drennan has assumed free-taking duties from Eoin Cody and the youngster taps over the subsequent free.
Walter Walsh wins a rather tame free after the challenge from Ger Mellerick.
Cork take the lead for the first time! Shane Kingston interlinks with Lehane who races down the left sideline to score from an acute angle.
Horgan drops the ball just over Eoin Murphy's crossbar with the free that was situated just outside the Kilkenny '65 line.
The substitute reduces the gap to a solitary point.
The game is in the melting pot with 15 minutes to play. Kilkenny have wrestled control back off their hosts but its nip and tuck stuff.