Any chance Cork are codding us ahead of great weekend of NHL action?

When the Cork- Dublin hurling/football double-header was first played in Croke Park in 2014, Cork edged the hurling match by one point. I met Jimmy Barry-Murphy upstairs afterwards and he was delighted.

Any chance Cork are codding us ahead of great weekend of NHL action?

It was a good run-out, a good win for JBM and Cork at headquarters. We had been there plenty of times before with Dublin as curtain-raisers to the footballers but the fixture seemed to be a liberating experience for Cork, and they thrived on it.

Last year, they cut loose, nailing Dublin for 34 points. These Cork players are made for Croke Park but you just wonder now, has the novelty worn off?

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