Old stalwarts face a new beginning

Former Cork stalwarts Jimmy Barry-Murphy and John Allen will find out tonight just how much things have changed since they’ve been away.

For years with St Finbarr’s and Cork, hurling and football, Jimmy Barry-Murphy and John Allen soldiered together. Then they both went into management and won an All-Ireland SHC title at the helm in Cork, Jimmy in 1999, John six years later, in 2005.

This evening they return to the harness. Jimmy Barry-Murphy once again the Cork manager, John following Donal O’Grady into the hot seat in Limerick.