O’Neill defends selection policy

CORK football selector Terry O’Neill has defended their selection policy in this season’s All-Ireland championship and cites the strength of Cork’spersonnel reserves as a crucial factor in carrying them to Sunday’s All-Ireland decider.

“Today if you don’t have strong options in your subs you’re at nothing,” he said. “Tipperary proved that in the All-Ireland hurling final when they had the players to bring off the bench to contribute to the scoreboard and win the game. Our semi-final win over Dublin was similar in that regard.

“You can be ridiculed for not starting certain fellas in a game but there’s always a genuine reason for that. A lot of people who criticise never see the team training, so surely themanager and backroom setup must have a better idea since they’re working with the team the whole time.