Egan: We knew truth before final

William Egan believes a lot of Cork hurling supporters got carried away with themselves in the lead up to the Division 1 final earlier this month.

Their 14-point defeat to Kilkenny burst a few bubbles about just how much Jimmy Barry-Murphy has turned the team around in just over four months.

“The Cork public was probably running away with itself. Before the game, they were saying we were back but realistically we knew in January that if we got to a league final it would be a good start to the year.