Jacob seeks better fortune for sons

MICK JACOB has a simple wish for his sons Michael and Rory ahead of next Sunday’s Guinness All-Ireland SHC semi-final.

He hopes that they will enjoy better luck against Cork than he did at the height of his own brilliant playing career.

At the start of it, he sat on the substitutes bench while a Wexford team that included his brother Christy scored a memorable triumph over Tipperary in the 1968 All-Ireland final. Two years later he lined out in the final against Cork but was on the losing side and twice more he was to suffer the same experience against the Rebels.