Fitzgibbon switch key to Cork’s turnaround

There was a delay in Cork’s return to proceedings after half-time yesterday. They had gone in four points behind, but it could have been more. Cork used the time well at the break and were a different outfit in the second period.

You could imagine Bill Cooper, and other team leaders speaking of character, commitment, and determination at the interval. The management were active, moving Daragh Fitzgibbon to centre-forward and Chris Joyce to centre-back.

Both were master switches. Joyce was far more comfortable in this role than Mark Coleman had been and he put up the shutters in the second-half.