Cork core buried as Tribe flex muscles

REQUIEM for a team? The core of the Cork starting 15 who played in this All-Ireland SHC qualifier at the sun-baked Gaelic Grounds on Saturday have been there for the last decade and more.

During that time the Rebels won three All-Ireland titles (1999, 2004, 2005), five Munster championships and been involved in some of the most traumatic events in hurling history.

Was this their swansong, buried by a Galway side looking more and more ominous? Certainly Galway manager John McIntyre seems to think so.