Mulcahy: U21 journey will aid Cork at senior level

Former Cork captain Pat Mulcahy believes the county will benefit at senior level from this year’s U21 campaign regardless of the result in tonight’s Munster final against Clare at Cusack Park.

Cork are seeking to stop their opponents from doing three in a row at provincial level and will look to build on the excellent semi-final display against Waterford. This year is the first since 2011 that the Rebels have had more than one game in the U21 championship and Mulcahy believes that has a direct knock-on effect.

“If you look at the Cork players that have come onto the scene in the past few years,” he said, “they have tended to be a bit older than U21, they’re 22, 23, 24.