For Alan O’Connor, the fire burns as strong as it ever did.

Cork midfielder Alan O’Connor has dismissed former Kerry player Darragh Ó Sé’s description of him as a ‘bully’.

For a long time on Sunday in Páirc Uí Rinn, it was 2010 all over again — the Cork footballers had a huge physical presence in the middle of the field, dictating the terms of engagement against Clare in the Munster SFC semi-final, and the whole team benefited as a result.