Banner bear brunt of returning Rebels

NOT YOUR common-or-garden NHL clash tomorrow in Ennis, as Cork’s 2008 players return to the fold after the lengthy dispute on Leeside for the league encounter with Clare.

Cork’s interim manager John Considine and his selectors have retained one starter from the 2009 panel introduced by former boss Gerald McCarthy, corner-back Conor O’Sullivan of Sarsfields. The rest of the Cork team is made up of the 2008 panel, which also provides most of the substitutes, though Barry Johnson, Chris Murphy and Tadhg Óg Murphy from Gerald McCarthy’s early-season side are also on the bench.

The tactical talking point for Cork supporters is likely to be the placement of Eoin Cadogan at full-back in the absence of Diarmuid O’Sullivan. Cadogan is better known as a half-back and wore number six for last season’s league clash against Limerick.