All-Ireland was always Rebel target

CADBURY'S ALL-IRELAND U21FC SEMI-FINAL:

Having spent most of Wednesday afternoon attempting to pin down the Cork U21 football boss, Hayes returns one of the many missed calls just as yours truly is heading through the turnstile at Cusack Park, Ennis for the Munster minor quarter-final.

Hayes, as luck would have it, is venturing to Páirc Uí Rinn for Cork’s clash with Limerick, hoping also to squeeze in a gym visit, and so a 10pm phone call is agreed upon. Needless to add the number of inter-county bosses willing to field a call at that hour wouldn’t require the use of two hands.