O’Connor proves class act
If the barometer of an inter-county footballer would be a stranger’s ability to walk into a match and pick him out from the pack, then Cork’s Donncha O’Connor passed the quality test with flying colours last night as he guided Duhallow into a Cork SFC semi-final meeting with O’Donovan Rossa next Saturday.
Here’s the rub though. Should Douglas have sacrificed centre-back Eoin Cadogan’s game in order to shut down his inter-county colleague? Duhallow played O’Connor at wing-forward, while Douglas wanted their star turn more central at No 6. Understandable. But by the time Douglas decided to make the switch onto the Cork All Star, O’Connor had claimed an eight-point haul — half of them from play — and piloted the only divisional side left in the championship through this quarter-final replay in Mallow.
