Cork ‘hugely motivated’ to make up for last year’s lapse

CORK ladies football boss Eamonn Ryan has confessed his team lacked the “appetite” for All-Ireland glory last year, having won an historic five in-a-row from 2005 to 2009.

Going down at the quarter-final stage to eventual runners-up Tyrone is an experience he hopes his charges have learned from going into Sunday’s final. “Last year was a huge disappoint for us indeed,” said Ryan. “Even though I was wary going up to play Tyrone that we weren’t fully prepared, we still got stung. But it’s great to be back and we’re hugely motivated to perform on Sunday.

“Where we lost last year was the appetite. After winning so many titles, it was very natural that the focus would drop. It’s hard to keep the appetite up when you’ve won so much. We didn’t show it last year so we want to make up for it this time round.”