Cork And Kilkenny Hurling Rivalry
The Kilkenny - Cork fixture is one of the most significant sporting rivalries in hurling. Both teams are the standard bearers in the respective Munster and Leinster provincial competitions. They are also the 2 most successful teams in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship with Kilkenny having won 33 titles to Cork's 30 titles. The sides have met 26 times in the senior hurling championship with Kilkenny winning 14 times, Cork winning 9 times and 3 matches ending in a draw. The Cork-Kilkenny fixture is the most common All Ireland Senior hurling final fixture, the sides meeting 23 times (21 times not including replays), with Kilkenny winning 13 of these finals, Cork winning 8 finals and 2 finals finishing in a draw match.
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Famous quotes containing the words cork and/or rivalry:
“When Prince William [later King William IV] was at Cork in 1787, an old officer ... dined with him, and happened to say he had been forty years in the service. The Prince with a sneer asked what he had learnt in those forty years. The old gentleman justly offended, said, “Sir, I have learnt, when I am no longer fit to fight, to make as good a retreat as I can” —and walked out of the room.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)
“It seems to me that we have to draw the line in sibling rivalry whenever rivalry goes out of bounds into destructive behavior of a physical or verbal kind. The principle needs to be this: Whatever the reasons for your feelings you will have to find civilized solutions.”
—Selma H. Fraiberg (20th century)