McCarthy happy as Cork get off on right foot

Cork 5-17 Limerick 2-08

Since 2005, every second year has ended with an All-Ireland (the players from the winning team are then prohibited from playing the next year), and in Saturday’s curtain-raiser at the Gaelic Grounds they gave notice that they will be in the mix again.

For Cork manager Paul McCarthy, it was a case of making sure they got off on the right foot.