Old grey bowl enjoys perfect swansong

Such is their unstinting grá for the old grey bowl, I half expected the Cork supporters to arrive with trowels and silver tins yesterday afternoon, ready and waiting at the final whistle to covet a piece of the Ballintemple venue.

You may recall the 2009 Kerrygold advertisement where, before emigrating with his pregnant wife, the husband throws a piece of soil into a tin box. “His feet will first touch Irish soil,” says the male actor. The advertisement concludes: Kerrygold — made of Ireland

The same can easily be said of this stadium. Páirc Uí Chaoimh — made of Cork.