Tipp too fit for ring-rusty Rebel side

NOBODY would dare underestimate the strength of purpose which will underpin Cork’s challenge in tomorrow’s Munster hurling championship clash with Tipperary in Semple Stadium.

That’s because the resistance from the 2008 squad to the County Board’s re-appointment of Gerald McCarthy as manager was always going to translate into a steely resolve on the field.

The fact is that long before the outbreak of hostilities, they already had a powerful motivation after going under in Páirc Uí Chaoimh and losing an unbeaten home record against them stretching back over 80 years.