Hopeful Hayes says Cork have circled wagons

Some day soon the Cork footballers will stop hearing about that double-digit defeat to Kerry a few weeks ago.

For John Hayes the memory of that Munster final is even worse, given the red card he picked up in that game.

“I was a little disappointed not to start, then watching the game unfold – though I thought we were coming into it after half-time, we got a few scores but they killed it off, and no better team to do that.