Enda McEvoy: Cork must first fight the battle, then win the match

Against Waterford in Walsh Park last Sunday Kieran Kingston finally found a XV to put in a shift and engage physically with the enemy

Cork's Shane Kingston shoots under pressure from Waterford's Tadhg De Burca. ©INPHO/Ken Sutton

That whispering noise you may have caught during the week? It was the sound of the communal sigh of relief in graveyards from Midleton to Moycarkey.

If Thurles tomorrow amounts to an instance of the former heavyweight champions of the world slugging it out for the provincial light-middleweight title, it is at any rate not some class of ghastly zombified deathmatch to avoid the wooden spoon. One or other of the pair may finish third. In that event they won’t be turning their noses up at large mercies.