Neil McManus, and Ciaran Carey give their thoughts on the news that Patrick Horgan is committing for a 17th season with Cork.
Neil McManus is not surprised that “incredible” Patrick Horgan will continue to line out for Cork into his 17th season in 2024.
The Glen Rovers man found himself on the bench under Kieran Kingston last season but was restored to the attack once Pat Ryan took over for 2023.
Horgan had one of his best seasons under the Sarsfields man and put up some excellent scoring tallies as the Rebels narrowly missing out on the All-Ireland series.
“He’s incredible,” says McManus, who has just retired from Antrim duty.
“I had a few messages with him last night and this morning, he is just something else.
“Even the way he’s moving, I think he was Cork’s best player in the championship, certainly their best forward as I know Ciaran Joyce has been incredible for them of late.
“He’s just been one of the best players in Ireland now for maybe a dozen years, and he so rarely lets Cork down.
“A season that he wouldn’t be overly with is last year when they were missing him, and he’s such a key component of that team.
“When you lose a key man, and looking at Galway with Joe Canning, he’s your go-to; in his last game against Waterford, the last two puckouts went on him when he set up a goal for Jason Flynn and then scores a point from play.
“Those people aren’t growing on trees no matter what county you’re from and Patrick Horgan is still moving so well.
“The runs he’s making, the way he’s able top open up defences. He has an incredible eye for a score and has the hands of our Lord.
Click play on the video above to see more, including Ciaran Carey’s thoughts on Horgan.
GALWAY, TIPPERARY, CLARE, DUBLIN SEEK SEMI-FINAL SLOTS
Limerick and Kilkenny will discover on Saturday who their All-Ireland semi-finals
opponents will be when the quarterfinals are played in TUS Gaelic Grounds, Limerick.
It’s Clare v Dublin at 4.00pm and Galway v Tipperary at 6.15pm.
GALWAY v TIPPERARY
Galway arrive in the quarterfinals as Leinster runners-up (to Kilkenny) while Tipperary
finished third in Munster and clinched a place in the quarter-finals with a big win over
Offaly last Saturday.
Galway and Tipperary last met in the championship in 2020 when the Tribesmen won a quarter-final by two points.
PATHS TO THE QUARTER-FINALS
GALWAY
- Galway 0-24 Wexford 2-12
- Galway 1-25 Kilkenny 0-28
- Galway 6-33 Westmeath 0-17
- Galway 5-29 Antrim 1-22
- Galway 1-25 Dublin 2-22
- Kilkenny 4-21 Galway 2-26 (Leinster final)
Played 6, Won 3, Drew 2, Lost 1.
TOP SCORERS
- Evan Niland…………..0-60 (0-34 frees, 0-4‘65s’)
- Conor Whelan………..6-11
- Kevin Cooney…………..2-12
- Brian Concannon………2-11
- Conor Cooney……….0-10
- Declan McLoughlin…1-7
TIPPERARY
- Tipperary 5-22 Clare 3-23
- Cork 4-19 Tipperary 2-25
- Tipperary 0-25 Limerick 0-25
- Waterford 1-24 Tipperary 0-21
- Tipperary 7-38 Offaly 3-18 (Preliminary All-Ireland quarter-final)
Played 5, Won 2, Drew 2, Lost 1.
TOP SCORERS
- Jason Forde…………….4-21 (0-13 frees, 1-1 s/l, 1-0 pen, 0-3 ‘65s’)
- Jake Morris…………….2-19
- Mark Kehoe……………4-12
- Gearoid O’Connor…..1-18 (0-14 frees)
- Noel McGrath…………0-15 (0-4 frees, 0-3 ‘65s’, 0-01 s/l)
CLARE v DUBLIN
Clare were runners-up (to Limerick) in Munster while Dublin finished third in Leinster and earned a place in the quarterfinal with a win over Joe McDonagh Cup champions Carlow last Saturday.
Clare and Dublin last met in the championship in 2012 when the Banner won a qualifier.
PATHS TO THE QUARTER-FINALS
CLARE
- Tipperary 5-22 Clare 3-23
- Clare 1-24 Limerick 2-20
- Clare 2-22 Waterford 0-16
- Clare 2-22 Cork 3-18
- Limerick 1-23 Clare 1-22 (Munster final)
Played 5, Won 3, Lost 2
TOP SCORERS
- Tony Kelly……………….2-28 (0-10 frees, 1-0 pen, 0-1 ‘65’)
- Aidan McCarthy………1-27 (0-15 frees, 0-3 ‘65s’)
- Mark Rodgers…………..3-6 (0-1 s/l)
- Shane O’Donnell……….0-8
- Ian Galvin…………………1-5
DUBLIN
- Antrim 1-19 Dublin 1-19
- Dublin 2-23 Westmeath 1-14
- Dublin 1-22 Wexford 0-23
- Kilkenny 0-27 Dublin 0-21
- Dublin 2-22 Galway 1-25
- Dublin 2-25 Carlow 0-21 (Preliminary quarter-final)
Played 6, Won 3, Drew 2, Lost 1
TOP SCORERS
- Donal Burke………..2-59 (0-47 frees, 903 ‘65s’)
- Cian O’Sullivan……3-11 (0-1 free, 0-1 s/l)
- Danny Sutcliffe…….1-10
- Cian Boland………1-7
- Mark Grogan……..1-7
