Crokes steeled in the fire
The Stillorgan club has been Dublin’s most successful in the current decade but defeats in two county finals as well as reversals in previous provincial and All-Ireland campaigns have steeled them for the fire next week.
“A pattern has emerged with this team,” Corkery explained. “When I first came on the scene (in 2003) we had lost a county title. The next year we won the county title and lost in Leinster.