Rebels won’t crowd All-Star banquet

As John Mullane can testify, All Star awards can provide some succour for beaten All-Ireland semi-finalists.

But just how many Cork players can honestly believe they have genuine claims to an autumnal gong? Before yesterday, Pa Cronin and Pat Horgan would have been among this writer’s chosen few but their performances against Galway are unlikely to be sufficient in keeping players from the remaining three counties out of the eventual team.

Certainly, Anthony Nash did himself no harm with a commanding display between the posts.