O’Donovan’s joy at Rebel triumph

Cork hurling fans will hope Saturday’s Tony Forristal U14 Tournament in Waterford proves to be a good omen for the week ahead with the Rebels defeating Clare (3-9 to 0-5).

“It’s great to win,” coach Kevin O’Donovan admitted, “but you can’t read too much into it either as it is only a tournament on a day.

“It does indicate that there are good hurlers in Cork though, and that’s a great starting point. It’s testament to the development squad system overall, there were other Cork teams playing on Saturday who did just as well but maybe lost out on the break of a ball. That doesn’t undo all of their good work over the past 12 months. We said at the start we weren’t basing the whole thing around tournaments so we can’t start changing horses now!”