Let’s get physical, says ‘The Rock’

Sometimes there are moments in sport which seem to define players and what they represent.

Cork had really struggled to get into their rhythm in the 2003 All-Ireland final against Kilkenny, but they were starting to get on top early in the second-half when a long ball dropped into the Cork defence.

Having been stripped of his hurley by Henry Shefflin, Diarmuid O’Sullivan rose with both hands to claim the ball before rocking Eddie Brennan, DJ Carey and John Hoyne with three shuddering shoulders, refusing to take a backwards step. The decibel level from the Cork support reached deafening as they responded to their hero, ‘The Rock’.