ALL-IRELAND winning Cork captain Graham Canty hascalled on the Cork County Board to explore new ideas in running their club championships, insisting the current format “does not work”.

RAYNERS LANE in Harrow might not sound like a GAA hotbed but the giveaway is the pub, or rather its name.

MEA CULPA.

Bantry Blues 1-11 Newmarket 1-9

GRAHAM CANTY inspired Bantry to a fine 0-11 to 2-4 win over Nemo Rangers in the County Division Three Football League final at Balineen on Saturday.

AFTER the riotous celebrations on the national stage in Croke Park on Sunday, last night saw the Cork squad return to the heartland of football in the county.

Few have had a better insight into this group of Cork footballers than attacker Conor McCarthy. In a fascinating insight into the mindset of the squad, he charts the progress back to 2004 and reveals the absence of ego and a preference for anonymity which characterises the group. Now read on...

IN Páirc Uí Chaoimh last April, John O’Mahony reined in the celebrations after Mayo had secured a spot in the NFL Division 1 decider with a 0-16 to 0-11 victory over Cork.

CONOR COUNIHAN admitted last night his Cork players “were taken to hell and back” in Sunday’s nail-biting All-Ireland semi-final at Croke Park.

Cork coach Conor Counihan has admitted the side he names tonight for Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final may not be the 15 that lines up in Croke Park against Pat Gilroy’s Dublin.

CORK coach Conor Counihan has admitted the side he names tonight for Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final may not be the 15 that lines up in Croke Park against Pat Gilroy’s Dublin.

CORK were last night sweating on the fitness of Graham Canty and Ciarán Sheehan ahead of their All-Ireland football semi-final clash with Dublin on August 22.

CONOR COUNIHAN had the look of a manager drained by kicking every ball with his team yesterday when he faced the press in Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday.

Kerry 0-15 Cork 0-15

Cork 0-11 Mayo 0-16, Pairc Ui Chaoimh

CORK captain Graham Canty is targeting a mid-March date for his comeback to inter-county football as he continues to try to shake off a persistent hamstring injury.

CORK captain Graham Canty has criticised Tadhg Kennelly for his premeditated crunching tackle on Nicholas Murphy in the opening seconds of the All-Ireland final.

FOR ten years Graham Canty has been soldiering away for the Cork cause, yet the strongest theme of his football career surfaced again yesterday in Croke Park.

IT WAS interesting to reflect this week on the amount of tactical debate that’s been generated by last Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling semi-final between Waterford and Kilkenny.

Cork captain Graham Canty is looking forward to Sunday's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Donegal at Croke Park, but expects a tough encounter after the Rebels prevailed by just a point in the sides' last Championship meeting.

SUNDAY brings a Munster Old Firm battle with a twist for Graham Canty. The Bantry man has become well-versed on Cork-Kerry football clashes in recent years, with his mission statement at full-back being to tame the man mountain that is Kieran Donaghy.

Cork manager Conor Counihan has made three changes to his team for Sunday's Munster SFC final against Kerry (Pairc Ui Chaoimh, throw-in 2pm), but full-back Graham Canty could be a late withdrawal for the game.

Cork 1-17 Clare 1-11

CORK GAA chiefs will present an appeal at Croke Park tomorrow against GAC charges levelled at minor footballer Kevin Canty, arising from the controversial drawn All-Ireland quarter-final against Laois.

Cork football manager Larry Tompkins has lashed out at the all-star selection committee who controversially omitted Graham Canty from their 45-man short-list.