RTE pundit Dónal Óg Cusack taunted by Limerick fans after win over Cork
Limerick fans couldn't resist taunting Dónal Óg Cusack as the former Cork player spoke live on TV following the Treaty men's win over the Rebel County.
John Kiely's side ran out winners by 3-26 to 1-26 at the TUS Gaelic Grounds on a sun-soaked Sunday afternoon - and Cusack was full of praise for Limerick as he admitted Cork would have to take a lot of learnings from the game.
He said on RTE: "The game is the game. I don't think anybody expected that Limerick would beat Cork by this amount today.
"But from a Cork point of view, the worst part is over. They will just have to go back, take this beating and a lot of learnings.
"There were more than small cracks became emergent there and those cracks will have a jackhammer put to them.
"I think they definitely learnt their lesson in terms of how to mark key Limerick men individually. The need, when Cork get chances, that they need to put them away. There is a long season ahead.
"It has to be said from a Cork point of view, this Limerick team...have we ever seen a better team?
"What a machine they were today. So well engineered, resilient, strong, every part working and up for the fight everywhere."
As Limerick fans started jeering the three-time All-Ireland winner, he responded by saying: "There is a long year yet, folks."
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