We must get back to basics, says Corkery

OUTSTANDING captain Colin Corkery accepted last night that Cork got out of jail in Sunday's Bank of Ireland, Munster SFC final clash with Tipperary at Semple Stadium.

"Tipperary were better than we thought and when they went three points up in the second half, I felt that the game was running away from us," said the player who proved to be Cork's rescuer-in-chief.

"It just goes to show that there are no more easy games in this championship. One has only to look at what the Limericks and Tipperarys of this world are capable of. The gulf that once existed between the so-called strong and weaker counties has been drastically scaled down," said Corkery, the only Cork player to score in the second half of Sunday's nail-biting encounter.