Counihan freshens up Cork panel

ALL-IRELAND winners Brian O’Regan and Paul O’Flynn will not be involved in Cork’s panel for the defence of their crown which begins with Sunday’s Munster quarter-final against Clare in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Neither saw game time in the 2010 championship with the O’Regan’s last appearance coming in the league against Mayo last year.

Club commitments with Nemo Rangers commanded O’Regan’s attention in the early stages of this season’s league but O’Flynn appeared on four occasions for Cork as a substitute in the league over the past few months and was notably employed as a defender as manager Conor Counihan experimented during the secondary competition.