Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, the last man to captain Cork to an All-Ireland SHC title in 2005, says that how the Rebels cope with Clare's 'extra man' tactic will go a long way to deciding the winners of Sunday's hotly anticipated final.

SEÁN Óg Ó hAilpín’s declarations in the media that he was willing to return to the Cork senior hurling squad if there was a change of management and his club form for Na Piarsaigh were the key factors behind Jimmy Barry-Murphy’s decision to recruit the 2005 All-Ireland winning captain into his 2012 preliminary squad.

SEÁN ÓG Ó hÁILPÍN says the time has come for the back-door system in inter-county GAA to be scrapped, in favour of a return to a traditional knock-out format.