Cunningham frustrated by absence of third-level players

Cork selector Ger Cunningham is frustrated by the absence of third-level players from the county’s Waterford Crystal Cup hurling squad. The Rebels begin competitive life under the guidance of Jimmy Barry-Murphy in that competition next Saturday with a home quarter-final clash against Kerry at Páirc Uí Rinn.

But Cunningham estimates Cork will be without up to a dozen players for the competition, a number of top players committed to their various colleges in the Fitzgibbon Cup, which begins this afternoon.

UCC pair William Egan and Jamie Nagle are just two of the Cork players involved in the Fitzgibbon Cup, as well as Cork IT trio Stephen McDonnell, Lorcan McLoughlin and Paudie O’Sullivan.