Our standards have fallen, warns Cork chairman Ger Lane

Cork GAA standards have fallen and hard questions will have to be asked if the various county teams fail to deliver in 2017, county board chairman Ger Lane told delegates at yesterday’s Convention.

The Cork U21 footballers were the sole team to achieve provincial glory this year and the failure of any Cork team to deliver an All-Ireland title for a second successive year is “cause for concern”.

“2016 was not a good year for our inter-county teams,” said Lane, adding, “our standards have fallen.”