Canter for new-look Cork

AN inexperienced Cork outfit coped successfully without the bulk of their All-Ireland winners as they breezed past the challenge of Waterford IT in yesterday’s McGrath Cup preliminary round tie in Páirc Ui Rinn.

Alan O’Connor and Kevin McMahon were the only two players in action that celebrated on the Hogan Stand podium last September as the rest of their team-mates are not scheduled to return from their holiday in South Africa until next Friday.

But a Cork team, packed with new faces eager to make an impression, still proved far too strong for their opponents. WIT competed vigorously in the opening half but Cork unleashed a powerful display after the interval, reeling off eleven points, and a Chris O’Connor free was all that the third-level team could muster in reply.