Munster redemption priority for Rebels, insists James Loughrey

Long after his team-mates had retired to the warmth of their Castleblayney dressing room on Sunday, James Loughrey stood pitch side chatting to his parents.

They had come from a weekend’s break in Donegal to catch the game. “My mum couldn’t watch the second-half,” he revealed. “She can never watch, she doesn’t usually like (tight) games. I enjoy the games coming up here.”

The Cork squad had spent Saturday night in Enniskillen, which will be their base for most if not all of their four games in Ulster, the next being Donegal in Ballyshannon on March 1.