Brian Cuthbert welcomes Cork game time

Cork 1-14 Tipperary 0-12: Some may question the wisdom of these early season inter-county competitions but Cork boss Brian Cuthbert yesterday welcomed the opportunity for "game-time" for his extended squad as they continue their run through the McGrath Cup.

Donncha O’Connor notched 1-4 in the first half, a converted penalty and four superb points from play, and that laid the foundations for an interval lead which was rarely threatened by the home team in a game which proved relatively high-scoring for the time of year.

“I said last week, if we could get four games in this [competition], then great,” Cuthbert said in Clonmel as Cork look towards a semi-final next weekend. “We gave guys game-time who didn’t get game-time last week, just getting guys ready for the National League”.