Mulcahy targets top spot for Cork IT

Cork IT 1-19 St Pat’s — Mater Dei 1-14: Pat Mulcahy is targeting top spot in Group A and a home tie in the Fitzgibbon Cup quarters-finals after watching Cork IT achieve more capital gains.

But back-to-back victories in Dublin for the 2014 beaten finalists was far from certain early on when Mulcahy’s side fell eight points down.

The decision to rest All-Star Tipperary forward John O’Dwyer — who has a hand injury — looked costly. But Cork’s Aidan Walsh ultimately rose to the occasion with a superb 1-3 to decide the contest.