Lacklustre Cork ‘had one eye on Kerry’

Former Cork midfielder Nicholas Murphy does not feel that too much can be read into the Rebels’ narrow victory over Tipperary on Saturday evening.

Cork needed a strong finish, with Aidan Walsh kicking three late points, to assure themselves of a two-point victory despite having gone in as big favourites. Murphy insists Munster games against opposition other than Kerry can never be used as an accurate barometer.

“People will be slating them,” he said, “probably mainly people who weren’t at the match, but they’ll know that they weren’t at the level that they should have been at.