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"It's probably something we emphasized this year compared to last year, we lost the first round last year and it put us under pressure for the first round. It was all about coming here and bringing a performance and we felt if we got a performance good enough that the result would take care of itself. I thought the boys showed a lot of character going down to 14, it wasn't easy but they found a way to dig it out," said Kilmallock senior hurling manager James Hickey.
Kilmallock defeated Patrickswell 0-23 to 0-18 in the opening round of the Whitebox Property Developments Limerick senior hurling championship on Thursday evening in Newcastle West.
Despite being shown a second yellow card on the third quarter mark, Shane O'Brien was in sensational form at the west Limerick venue, finishing with an impressive tally of 0-10. Conor Staunton, Oisin O'Reilly and Phelim O'Reilly were others to impress in their side's five point victory.
Diarmaid Byrnes and Aaron Gillane hit 0-14 from placed balls for Patrickswell.
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Patrickswell will look to get things back on track next Thursday August 7 against Doon, while Kilmallock will look to make it two wins from two against Ahane on Friday August 8.
After Kilmallock's victory over Patrickswell, the Kilmallock senior hurling manager James Hickey spoke with Leader Sport.
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