Eoin Cadogan: Marrying their hurling to consistent work now the Cork challenge

There’s a better balance to the Cork team at the moment. It’s just a case of marrying the hurling with that level of work ethic required to be at the top table

WORK RATE: Tommy O'Connell, left, and Ciarán Joyce of Cork attempt to block Peter Hogan of Waterford at Páirc Uí Chaoimh last weekend. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

“Half effort does not produce half results. It produces no results. Work, continuous work and hard work is the only way to accomplish results that last.” - John Soforic 

Last Saturday night in the Gaelic Grounds I had the pleasure of being in the company of Kilkenny great Tommy Walsh. We both made the rookie mistake of parking our cars in the Dunnes Stores car park close to the grounds which was at a complete standstill when we returned to our cars. With no movement, and hunger getting to me, I texted Tommy. “Chips?” To which he responded, “Seriously?” It was like we were back in our hurling days and I was testing his resilience in making the right choice. Neither man wanting to have an edge over the other. We met and strolled on in pursuit of a late-night takeaway while making sure the establishment of choice wasn’t jammed with Clare or Limerick supporters.