Cork cull didn’t surprise Ó hAilpín

Séan Óg Ó hAilpín says he wasn’t one bit surprised by Jimmy Barry-Murphy’s winter cull of Cork hurling legends.

Former All-Ireland winning captain Ó hAilpín admitted the decision to axe John Gardiner was ‘baffling’ and that retaining Donal Óg Cusack should have been a ‘no brainer’.

But the three-time All-Ireland medallist, who announced his own retirement last November, said that while he didn’t agree with the developments, he wasn’t surprised by them either.