Donal O'Grady's tactics board: Luke Meade and Robbie O'Flynn provide platform for Cork

Luke Meade of Cork in action against Daire Gray of Dublin. Picture: Daire Brennan/Sportsfile

Harold Wilson, the former Labour Prime Minister, famously told us that “a week is a long time in politics”. We can attribute much the same sentiment to Cork hurling. 

In the space of seven days there was a complete transformation. Cork went from a ‘non performance’ against the Déise to a controlled victory over Dublin.