Cody’s ‘team in transition’ stay focused on beating Banner

WITH the Cork hurlers chasing the treble and their game against Waterford fresh in the mind, supporters in Clare and Kilkenny will have one eye on next Sunday’s Guinness All-Ireland semi-final in Croke Park and the other on the final.

But that’s not the way it is for either team. That’s not the way it could ever be for Brian Cody or Anthony Daly.

It’s certainly not how the astute Cody is approaching the game, especially bearing in mind that — just like the Banner — his team failed to get beyond the semi-final last year. The memories of that defeat by Galway haven’t gone away.