Before their quarter-final with Dublin, Cork dropped three Killeavy players, Pat Moloney, Marian Sweeney and Cathy Landers for playing in a challenge match on the eve of the League final.
The five point margin in the replay flattered Kilkenny after Angela Downey scored a breakaway goal in the last movement of the match.
Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press: Kilkenny battled back from a seemingly hopeless half time position to earn a draw.
[13]Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press: Medals for bravery should have been awarded to the girls of Kilkenny and Cork as they tirelessly battled for dominance in the replay under the sullen clouds of Croke Park yesterday.
In the most atrocious ground conditions, Kilkenny packaged their fourth title and their heroine, Angela Downey, immortalized her name by taking all but three of her side’s scores.