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Alan O’Connor is Cork’s most improved player

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Alan O’Connor is Cork’s most improved player

Mon, 25 Jul, 2011 - 01:00

Éamonn Fitzmaurice

I doubted Cork last week.

I felt the Down forwards could trouble the Cork defence in Saturday’s Croke Park qualifier if they got enough ball.

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Courts Sports Columnists Place: Croke Park Place: Killarney Place: Cusack Park Place: Clare Place: Casement Park Place: Australia Person: Alan O’Connor Person: Conor Counihan Person: Eoin Cadogan Person: Eoin Cotter Person: John Miskella Person: Paudie Kissane Person: Counihan Person: Graham Canty Person: Canty Person: Noel O’Leary Person: Martin Clarke Person: Clarke Person: O’Leary Person: Miskella Person: Kissane Person: Mark Poland Person: Daniel Hughes Person: Michael Shields Person: Benny Coulter Person: Aidan Walsh Person: Down Person: O’Connor Person: Nicholas Murphy Person: Alan Quirke Person: Donncha O’Connor Person: John Wooden Person: Conor Laverty Person: Peter Fitzpatrick Person: Pearse O’Neill Person: Fintan Goold Person: Paul Kerrigan Person: Goold Person: O’Neill Person: Caolan Mooney Person: Kerry Event: Munster final Event: All-Ireland Organisation: Cork Organisation: Dublin Organisation: Kerry Organisation: Canty Organisation: Antrim Organisation: Down team Organisation: Down

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