Ryan: Cork will have to step up to survive

CHAMPIONS Cork, bidding for four-in-a-row in this year’s TG4 All-Ireland Ladies senior football championship, go in against Tyrone in today’s semi-final in Tullamore under a certain amount of pressure after a far from convincing display in their last outing.

Team manager Eamonn Ryan admits that but for the luck they enjoyed in the opening half against Galway they could have lost their grip on the title.

“We were very disappointed with our first-half performance. Only for Elaine Harte (in goal) and some wayward shooting by Galway, we probably would have been too far behind at half time to recover,’’ he said. “Having said that, we played well in the second half.