Cork reach familiar heights in Division 1

Tyrone 2-10, Cork 0-17:

They would like to think they’re a maturer force than the one which steam-rolled teams with flashy football last spring only to find it unfit for purpose in July. They’d like to think they’re not as naive as to believe all-out attacks are the best way forward. Better positioned to adapt during the game to what’s put in front of them? On the evidence on yesterday, that would seem the case.

Five points down at half-time and again by the 53rd minute, they were making little headway until Donncha O’Connor arrived and contributed to changing the course of the match. The triple substitution that followed also paid off and pointed to a growing depth to this Cork panel.