Collins keen to atone for last year

THERE may be suggestions Cork are hampered by the lack of a competitive game entering tonight’s Munster U21FC semi-final against Tipperary, but attacker Mark Collins offers a different opinion.

Collins was one of 10 members of the Cork U21 squad who endured a punishing schedule before UCC claimed Sigerson Cup honours at the start of the month and they could have had to face into a provincial quarter-final just four days after their final triumph over UUJ.

The bye into the Munster semi-final gave the UCC contingent a chance to re-energise before focusing on U21 duties.