Tom Clancy and John O’Rourke ruled out

Cork footballers will be without the injured Tom Clancy and John O’Rourke for their Munster championship opener against Clare this Sunday.

Clancy picked up an ankle injury in Clonakilty’s Cork SFC round 2 defeat to O’Donovan Rossa last month, while O’Rourke is still recovering from the dislocated shoulder incurred during the league final hammering to Dublin at the end of April.

Midfielder Ian Maguire, who missed Cork’s entire U21 campaign with a bulging disc in his lower back, has resumed light training and selector Ronan McCarthy is optimistic the St Finbarr’s player will figure at some point later in the summer.