The Carrig rock has blue and gold secret

Niall McCarthy’s all-action displays for Cork have lit up many fine stadiums. Michael Moynihan met him at the field where he learned his trade.

Niall McCarthy takes aim as he prepares to slot another point over for Cork.

THE man who’ll sit next to John Gardiner in the Cork dressing-room for tomorrow’s Munster SHC final against Tipperary has a guilty secret. He loves the blue and gold.