Composed Kerry send Cork down

Kerry 0-20 Cork 1-12: Let’s park Cork’s relegation momentarily and instead focus on this latest performance from Peadar Healy’s side. 

Heading to Tralee yesterday, Cork weren’t at beholding to other counties. They didn’t require favours from MacHale Park or Clones in order to safeguard their Division 1 status. Cork’s fate was in their own hands and yet this was blatantly unclear from their endeavours at Austin Stack Park.

Consistency is a word that has been checked by almost every Cork player and member of management at one point since January. Stringing together a meaningful run of performances was their primary target. If a result followed, all the better. Neither was achieved here. Not even close.