Sherlock says Cork can cope with Murphy’s loss

Former Cork hurling star Wayne Sherlock, right, believes the Rebels won’t suffer from a lack of experience due to the retirement of Brian Murphy.

Murphy’s departure means that Shane O’Neill is the only member of Jimmy Barry-Murphy’s panel to possess an All-Ireland senior hurling medal, but that was as an unused substitute in 2005.

Sherlock was in a similar position in 1999, when Cork won the All-Ireland without any of the panel having previously won one. He believes that reaching last year’s final is sufficient experience for the current squad to push on.