Cork in pole position to retain title, says Murphy

WEXFORD manager Seamus Murphy believes All-Ireland SHC champions Cork are in pole position to retain their crown.

“They have massive strength in depth and as they showed in the way they came back to beat us, their appetite to win is as great as it has ever been,” Murphy said after his side were pipped by a late Tom Kenny point in the Allianz NHL Division 1B tie at Wexford Park on Sunday.

Ironically the winning manager John Allen was less than upbeat, despite a second successive NHL victory, while Murphy, described the performance of his side as “very encouraging.”