Cork celebrate after nerve-jangling end

Cork boss Hughie Murphy insisted the All-Ireland Vocational Schools’ senior inter-county football championship is worth retaining following his team’s victory in Saturday’s final at Templetuohy.

Murphy masterminded Cork’s third victory in five seasons but GAA chiefs have decreed the competition will be suspended for two years.

Murphy said: “Christy Cooney or Páraic Duffy won’t be ringing me asking for my opinion but for what it’s worth, I think it’s definitely worth keeping. We operate from November to February and it’s a time of year where minors and county teams all over the country are banned from training but you spot them in pitches on Saturday mornings.