Rampant Rebels show little mercy

Conor Counihan’s poker face is impervious to scrutiny but thanks to Billy Morgan this weekend we got some insight into his mindset.

“When Conor took over in 2007, the one thing he said to me was ‘I think the players are too nice,” recalled Morgan on Newstalk. “I said: ‘They are too nice.”

Yesterday, at least in the first half, Cork ruled with an iron fist and via the straight, powerful running of Paul Kerrigan and Aidan Walsh, had the game won by half-time.