‘I always believed Cork had the talent’

OTHER than the image of Cork hurling, it’s arguable that Bertie Óg Murphy was the biggest victim of the simmering discontent within the camp which ultimately led to a player revolt.

Before a resolution was found, after a lot of harsh words were said in public, he had walked away from it all, his reputation as a coach unfairly tarnished, but with his dignity intact.

Now, as he looks in from the outside, he says he has no real regrets just a genuine regard for the way the players and the new management turned things around.