If there aren’t many palatable reasons to remember the 80’s, the explosion of basketball in Cork was a passion worth savouring, writes Tony Leen

Monaghan 0-13 Down 0-11: Monaghan just about held out in a frenetic finish to make it two wins from two outings but they were pushed all the way by a resurgent Down who were a transformed side from their opening weekend drubbing by Donegal.