Forget weight of history, Sixmilebridge showing Clare’s rise continues unabated

There was a comment made by a Cork hurling supporter after this game yesterday — “I’m getting fed up of losing to Clare teams!”

I said to her, “You might as well get used to it!” but it wasn’t the last word, never is when you’re in Cork company. Another Corkonian came right back: “Well we did it to them often enough and for long enough, they had to get used to that!”

The thing is, that’s history, in the past. Cork hurling has gone back and on the evidence of this game, on the evidence also of the All-Ireland final, they’re going to have to work on their game if they’re to catch up again.