From there to here

Few have had a better insight into this group of Cork footballers than attacker Conor McCarthy. In a fascinating insight into the mindset of the squad, he charts the progress back to 2004 and reveals the absence of ego and a preference for anonymity which characterises the group. Now read on...

Management found out a lot about players on these trips but equally, players found out a lot about themselves and their team mates. The biggest benefit wasn’t so much in the physical but in the tactical. You were able to sit down as a group and go through different areas of weakness. Talk them through and try to come up with solutions. These solutions could then be worked on in the session later in the afternoon.

IN A lot of the post All-Ireland final interviews two weeks ago, the Tipperary hurlers and management made reference to the fact that their sensational victory over champions Kilkenny was three years in the making.