Colour Codes

Changing to an alternative strip usually works for All-Ireland finalists. But what happens when both change, as they will this Sunday? asks Denis Hurley

WITH Down not having won Sam Maguire since 1994 and Cork’s drought four years longer, Sunday will obviously see an end to a long wait.

Another gap will also be bridged with the attire of the finalists – Cork will wear a new white jersey and Down will line up in Ulster’s black and gold. It’s 14 years since a county has won the All-Ireland wearing an alternative kit.