In-form Rebels forced to dig deep to edge out Galway

THOSE looking for entertainment at sandy Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday got plenty of it.

With some fine open play, lots of energy and 38 scores, it was manna for spectators. However, numerous mistakes and ball errors by both sides would not have impressed either Cork coach Conor Counihan or Galway counterpart Joe Kernan.

Cork, under the cosh in the second-half despite holding a nine-point advantage at one stage, held out against gritty Galway for their third league victory in-a-row. But Counihan couldn’t have been too impressed.