Paudie won’t make replay

Cork boss Jimmy Barry-Murphy has poured cold water on hopes Paudie O’Sullivan could be in line for a sensational return for the All-Ireland SHC replay.

O’Sullivan broke the fibula and tibia in his right leg while playing for Imokilly in a Cork senior hurling championship game in late April. The Cloyne man has undertaken a punishing rehab programme in a bid to return to action, but the Cork boss admitted the extra few weeks will not be enough for the attacker.

Barry-Murphy said: “I don’t think it’s realistic. We thought at one stage a few weeks ago that it was but it is going to come too soon for him.”