Cork forwards should heed Kompany’s tale of the unexpected

In the BBC hit comedy Dad’s Army the butcher Corporal Jones always carried a bayonet. When asked why, his answer was ‘They don’t like it up ‘em’.

Early in last year’s All-Ireland U21 final a Tipperary attacker, covering back, picked up a yellow card for a heavy foul tackle on Cork centre-forward Declan Dalton.