Thirteen months ago, Henry Shefflin tried to do his club-mate TJ Reid a turn. Rather than calling on referees to protect his fellow ‘hurler of the year’, Sheffin suggested Brian Cody move him to full-forward to avoid man-marking.

CORK attacker Colm O’Neill will undergo a second scan on his knee next week in an effort to ascertain the injury he sustained in Sunday’s Division 1 league tie against Galway.