Cadogan decision no surprise, says O’Neill

In the end, it didn’t come as such a surprise to Shane O’Neill as it did to the rest of Cork.

When Eoin Cadogan released his statement confirming he was leaving hurling behind to focus on football in 2013, his former defensive colleague half expected it.

“I think from speaking to him over the last few years, he’s getting a lot of people asking is he going to pick one over the other, so it’s probably always been in the back of his mind,” said O’Neill.