Curran denies that discipline furore blurred Cork focus

BRUISED but unbowed, Cork centre-back Ronan Curran fielded the first, obvious question as though it were another Clinton Hennessy puck-out: surely the discipline furore over the last three weeks had blurred the focus for Cork?

“I don’t think so, really. I just think this was another one of those games with Waterford – and we’ve had a few in the past – where anything can happen.”

And anything did. Cork shipped four goals in the first half – two in the last two minutes. Traditionally the strongest section of the side, the defence looked unsettled at times.