Rebel selectors’ club headache over top stars as Déise date nears

THE Cork hurling management will have to contend with key members of the team being involved in club games between now and their June 17 date with Waterford in the Guinness Munster Senior Hurling Championship semi-final in Thurles.

Selector Martin Bowen admitted that while they would obviously have preferred an uninterrupted preparation, they had to accept the situation that games were going ahead as scheduled.

For instance, the half-back trio of John Gardiner, Sean Óg Ó hAilpín and Ronan Curran will be playing next Tuesday with their respective clubs, Na Piarsaigh and St Finbarr’s in the County Senior Football Championship. And, there are hurling games next Sunday which will involve the participation of Joe Deane, Timmy McCarthy, Patrick Cronin and panellists Shane O’Neill and Martin Coleman.