Cork could profit from last year’s All-Ireland drubbing

LET’S get a misconception out of the way first. Nicky Cashin is not a Kilkenny native.

After almost three decades of service developing hurling in the famed St Kieran's College, the Marble City, and the county of the Cats, the faux pas over his origin is not an uncommon error.

But this weekend, as he prowls the line with his native county in a Munster SHC Final, his Waterford birthright will be plain to see.