WHEN Cork football meant royalty, Colman Corrigan manned the portcullis. The big full-back dominated the square when Cork finally gained supremacy in Munster in 1987, so you'd expect him, as a Cork selector, to be despondent in the wake of Kerry's Munster final victory this summer.

Cork star Brendan Jer O’Sullivan is set to miss out on Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final clash against Clare because of a back injury.

Cork 0-18 Dublin 1-6

CORK selectors have retained just six of the players who figured in last season’s championship defeat by Fermanagh for their opening televised game under lights in the NFL League game at Pairc Ui Rinn against All-Ireland champions Kerry on Friday.

CORK are hopeful that star defender Anthony Lynch will be fit to resume playing in time for their second round game in the Bank of Ireland football qualifier competition on July 3.

EVERYBODY remembers the controversy that flared near the end of last year after Páidí Ó Sé was replaced as Kerry manager.

CORK supporters can expect a decent challenge from Billy Morgan’s team when they face holders Kerry in the Bank of Ireland Munster SFC semi-final in Fitzgerald Stadium tomorrow (2.15).