"It's a long way to come for a challenge game but having won so comprehensively and playing well made the journey worthwhile," he said.
"The key to our success today was our work ethic. I'm a firm believer if you work hard at anything you reap the rewards. Today we worked extremely hard and while Cork were short a few regulars, we got out of the game what we put in."
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