‘Should Cork start Graham Canty next Sunday?’

NO team should play injured or half-fit players. End of argument.

To do so with a central defender in an All-Ireland final against high-quality forward opposition is an exceedingly high-risk strategy. It is not as if Cork have been picking up All-Ireland football titles with ease over the past two decades. Given their recent heartbreaks, it is imperative Cork win on Sunday and the team management and medical team have to be ruthless in their decision- making to ensure that happens.

You can pick exceptions where picking injured players worked to a degree, like Peter Canavan back in 2003 for Tyrone, but that was a different situation.