Déise feel the pain as Rebels find their range
What happened in the meantime? It wasn’t as though there were any great personnel changes on either side. On paper, at least, Waterford were strengthened by the return of midfielder Shane O’Sullivan (suspension) and corner-back Shane Fives (injury) to their starting 15, while Cork this time went with Bill Cooper from the start, taking over from Cian McCarthy at centre-forward. But that was it, as far as personnel went.
So what was it? It was attitude, said Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy, no more, no less. “As we said during the week, we were very poor the last day, a lot of our players were unhappy with their performances. We got a draw and probably might not have deserved it but our comeback was positive, we built on that and showed better attitude all over the field, every one of our players.”
