The hard yards that paid off for Carrig

THE easy cliche about Sunday’s county final win by Carrigtwohill — so easy we’ve thrown it out a few times already — is that it offers a template to other clubs in Cork looking to achieve the same level of success.

Beyond the immediate romance, however, is the slow, step by step progress to the top table.

Carrigtwohill didn’t become everybody’s darlings by copyrighting the underdogs tag. They won the Cork county senior title through hard work.