Gardiner: relations with Déise soured

BRIAN CORCORAN’S comments about Waterford in his autobiography have soured the relationship between Cork and their Munster neighbours, admits John Gardiner.

The two counties have engaged in some titanic tussles in recent years and on Sunday in the NHL semi-final at Semple Stadium, they meet for the second time since the publication of Every Single Ball.

Corcoran described the Déise side as a “bunch of individuals” in his book and Gardiner admitted the words had probably touched a raw nerve.