Jimmy Barry-Murphy believes club games will be beneficial to Cork in layoff

Jimmy Barry-Murphy admits the Cork hurling management erred in stifling club activity prior to last year’s All-Ireland semi-final.

Just five senior club games, involving less than a handful of Cork panellists, were played in the five weeks between Cork’s Munster final victory over Limerick and their All-Ireland semi-final hammering to Tipperary.

Cork face a similar five-week layoff to their Munster championship opener against Waterford following Sunday’s league decider against the same opposition and Barry-Murphy insists there will be no repeat of last summer’s mistake - a full compliment of club games scheduled for the weeks ahead.