Fitzgerald ‘very pleased’ despite Rebels’ defeat

STAND-IN Cork manager Ger Fitzgerald declared himself “very pleased” with the 2009 Cork hurling panel’s display in last night’s challenge match defeat to Waterford in Mallow.

Waterford 2-15 Cork 2-13

On the night after the 2008 Cork hurling panel aired their grievances, Fitzgerald took the managerial reins due to the absence of Gerald McCarthy for “personal and family reasons”, and remained tight-lipped on any response to the 2008 players statement. Fitzgerald oversaw a game where his young charges ran out of gas in the final ten minutes against an experimental Waterford team.