Walsh: time to do the business

THERE have been mitigating factors. The preparation for last year’s championship was fractured as a result of internal strife.

This year there has been a sense of transition with several new players bedding into the setup. But none of that washes with Cork manager Denis Walsh. If his side suffer a fourth successive championship defeat to Tipperary in Sunday’s Munster quarter-final in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Walsh will be offering no excuses.

“I always live in the present and I never look to next year. It’s a cop out. Spectators don’t like losing too often. We don’t want to be bluffing anyone by telling them that we’re building for the future. We knew what we got last year, we got an experienced bunch of players and we weren’t far off Tipp at the end of the day.