Allen: We couldn’t match their hunger or intensity”

AS gracious in defeat as he is in victory, Cork manager John Allen had no qualms about the result of yesterday’s All-Ireland SHC final, a result that robbed his side of three in a row.

“Bluntly, the best team won and I have no complaints,” he said.

“It would have been great to have made it three wins in a row, but over the entire game we couldn’t match their fanaticism or their hunger.