Counihan: no complacency in the Rebel camp

AFTER the difficulties of last year’s truncated build-up, 2009 has offered Conor Counihan a smoother championship passage.

Last season he was parachuted into the Cork manager post in mid-February and was left with a mammoth task as he sought to prime his charges for summer combat.

This year the Aghada man has been able to harness the benefits of a full schedule of pre-season activity, as Cork step out against Waterford on Sunday in their Munster opener.