Dr Crokes determined to avenge championship heartbreak

ROUND TWO, nineteen years on. Dr Crokes of Killarney don’t have happy memories of their last visit to Cork for a Munster club championship game.

It was 1987, when Nemo Rangers provided the opposition in the semi-final at Ballinlough, and the Cork side won comfortably.

Crokes coach Pat O’Shea will be hoping for a better result tomorrow when he takes Crokes back to Cork to play Nemo — again at the Munster semi-final stage, though this time at Pairc Uí Chaoimh (throw-in 2.45pm). Though he’s been linked to the Kerry manager’s job, O’Shea’s full attention this weekend is on the Munster