Win against Kerry doesn’t make up for July defeat, insists Cork’s Brian Cuthbert

Afterwards, it wasn’t that Brian Cuthbert was attempting to divert attention away from this latest victory or the identity of the vanquished as much as move on to the next game.

Unlike last year’s 10-point win in Tralee which came in the final round, there is not so much time to savour or mull over the significance of yesterday.

Neither, Cuthbert insists, does what transpired in Páirc Uí Rinn compensate for anything that happened down the road in Páirc Uí Chaoimh last July.