Cork hurlers above ‘average’

Now that the greatest series, in living memory, of the All- Ireland hurling championship has just concluded, it would be reasonable to expect that the main protagonists would come in for unqualified praise. Not so, however.

In the past week “experts” have been questioning the quality of the Cork team and how lucky they would have been if they had captured the McCarthy Cup. I think these comments have been grossly unfair on a gallant Cork team that more than played its part in an extraordinary hurling season involving all the top hurling counties.

In his recent article (Irish Examiner, Oct 5) Enda McEvoy twice used the term “average” when referring to the Cork team.