O’Connor: The bond and buzz is good

Summertime and, for Cork, the living has been easy.

Ignore the non-event that was the Munster final defeat of Clare and the 2010 All-Ireland champions have so far had just the one competitive championship fixture – the June 10, five-point defeat of Kerry.

“All we can do is focus on ourselves,” said midfielder Alan O’Connor. “Every training session we try to push each other as hard as we can. There is not much you can do until you know what sort of opposition you will be playing against.