O’Sullivan believes Cork can hit top gear when it matters

THEY have relied on their wits and battling qualities to escape from several matches this season, but Cork minor football selector Donal O’Sullivan is confident that there is a complete performance in his team in tomorrow’s ESB All-Ireland MFC semi-final against Galway in Croke Park.

“We’ve showed flashes of it this year in the first-half against Tipperary and Kerry, and the second-half against Armagh. But we’ve never got a complete performance. We know it’s in the team and we must make sure we get it out tomorrow,” he said.

“We were more than dramatic winners against Armagh, we were haunted. Many people will say we’re in bonus territory now but we have total honesty of approach with this team. They never gave up against Armagh and the fact that we have such a strong, evenly-balanced panel was shown in that game. But Galway are a big and physical side.