Once bitten.... Dinny refuses to be drawn on Cork outcome

THE last time Antrim met Cork in the All-Ireland SHC quarter-final in July 2004, Tipperaryman Dinny Cahill was in charge of the Glensmen as well.

On that occasion, and in a bid to boost the hopes of his own side, Cahill gave a bullish interview talking up his side’s chances. Admirable attitude though it was, while talking up his own team and talking down Cork, Cahill also singled out a couple of Cork players for special mention.

Brian Corcoran was ‘finished’, Niall McCarthy was a ‘dreadful centre-forward’. It generated massive reaction on Leeside, provoked a merciless response from the Cork team, and with Corcoran top-scoring (2-1), Cork romped home, 2-26 to 0-10.