Lynch: Bit-part role didn’t take from joy

VETERAN Cork defender Anthony Lynch insists Sunday’s All-Ireland victory is not diminished for him by the fact he was ruled out of contention by injury.

Lynch has been a permanent fixture in the Cork defence over the last decade but was sidelined for the entire 2010 season with a groin problem and suffered a recurrence in the build-up to Sunday’s decider.

He said: “It has been a difficult year for me personally because of injury but everything has changed now.