Éamonn Fitzmaurice: This is why Kerry people are always wary of Cork

Cork manager Ronan McCarthy celebrates with Mattie Taylor and Ruairi Deane at the final whistle after victory over Kerry. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

We knew that the Covid Championship was going to provide us with shocks, particularly in the early matches. And while this win for Cork is being lauded in some quarters as the greatest shock of all time, I like many Kerry people, simply don’t see it that way.

When we respect the annual Cork challenge it is regularly dismissed as plámás. This result and performance is why Kerry people are always wary of Cork.