Anthony Nash: Full-back must be an all-rounder

Cork hurling captain Anthony Nash has made little of the team’s full-back problem by claiming “there is no such thing as a full-back anymore”.

Nash believes the game’s evolution has all but ended the existence of the traditional full-back, insisting defenders must now be comfortable operating in the corner, wing and centre.

The Cork hurling management failed to nail down the full-back berth during their eight league outings with four different players handed the number three jersey — Christopher Joyce, Stephen McDonnell, Damien Cahalane and Aidan Ryan — the latter a surprise inclusion in the team that fell to Waterford in last month’s decider.