Rebels not ready to roll over

Will Cork be remembered as the only team in modern GAA history to exit the Championship without conceding a goal?

We won’t be holding our breath. Such a statistic will be as quickly forgotten as the sublime points they scored in Sunday’s second half. As the vanquished, their deeds will be rubbed away even if four clean sheets from as many games this summer is an impressive return.

Still if, as expected, Conor Counihan makes way it’s the type of statistic that marks a fitting tribute to the meanness he inculcated in the Cork panel.