 At half-time Cork were two points ahead, however, two second-half goals by John Power and Michael "Titch" Phelan supplemented a first-half D. J. Carey penalty which gave Kilkenny a 3–10 to 1–12 victory.Mulcahy won a National Hurling League in 1993 following a 3–11 to 1–12 defeat of Wexford.He was later dropped form Cork's championship panel.