We never panicked, says skipper Murphy

MANY a team has discovered the knack of winning tight games, but only a select few have all but forgotten how to lose them.

The ladies footballers from Cork are card-carrying members of that select club. Unbeaten since February last year, they had to draw on every last morsel of experience, nous and grit in their well-stocked arsenal yesterday to overcome the challenge of Armagh.

This was far from vintage Cork. Porous as a sieve in the first half, they had equally pressing problems at the other end of the field, where they very nearly managed to kick a wide for every player they had on the pitch.