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Anthony Daly: Cork stumble forward...just as they'd like it

I never felt Cork would lose the match but they still had to fight hard to hold off Waterford and make sure they took care of business.
Anthony Daly: Cork stumble forward...just as they'd like it

OFF BALANCE: Waterford’s Paddy Leavey manages to keep the sliotar out of Mark Coleman’s reach in Sunday’s Munster SHC Rd 5 game at SuperValu Páirc Ui Chaoimh. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

After watching the Dublin-Galway match outside the TV box in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday, Joanne Cantwell, Jackie Tyrrell, Joe Canning and myself made our way up to the box in front of the city end terrace in Páirc Ui Chaoimh just before the throw-in.

The place was packed but the atmosphere felt strange, almost weird — muted, pensive, like everyone was a little on edge. The place was splashed in red but it was if the ground was draped in grey.

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