Barry-Murphy: Rebels have come a long way

You should never go back? Not according to Cork hurling supporters, who were ecstatic when Jimmy Barry-Murphy was reappointed as hurling manager earlier this year.

When early league results accorded with the rapturous welcome back, all was right with the world on Leeside, but the man himself says reality was never very far away.

“I suppose with a new management team coming in, the perceived progress of the team, people got excited, but that’s human nature,” says Barry-Murphy. “We wouldn’t welcome the reality check we got in the league final but we have to get on with it now.”