PM O'Sullivan: Jack ‘The Barracuda’ O’Connor helps Cork hurling's rising tide overcome choppy waters

Not for fading, these Cork Rebels, not the boys of 2021

Cork's Jack O'Connor grapples with Jake Malone of Dublin for the sliotar. Picture: INPHO/Lorraine O’Sullivan

A red wave looks like becoming a red tide.

Cork’s hurlers seem rightly on the up. Senior victory over Dublin by eight points not just delivered a last-four place but likewise franked serious success by rising talents. Cork stand as 2020 U20 All-Ireland champions and 2021 U20 Munster champions. The county’s Minors face a Munster final with Waterford on August 9. Things are swell, in all sorts of senses.