Derek McGrath: Kingston played it unsafe and players followed him into the trenches

Indignant Cork are now combining process and passion

Waterford's Tadhg De Burca tangles with Cork's Tim O'Mahony Picture: ©INPHO/Ken Sutton

It will be an emotional weekend in the Munster Championship and will be interesting to see how management pitch that emotion. 

I listened to many people outline their “delight” for Kieran Kingston, having admonished him over previous weeks. Many observers viewed his admittance that the outside criticism had permeated its way into the group, resulting in a nervousness in their play and approach, as a weakness. Thankfully, he doesn’t abide by populist theories. He realised that you cannot hide vulnerabilities. He needed to be and continues to be himself.