Questions for Cork. Answers in Killarney.

Cork 1-20 Clare 1-8: Perhaps we were all expecting a bit too much. 

Tipperary’s rousing U21 odyssey and some bullish talk in the last fortnight, combined with a tricky list of Cork injuries might have coloured our expectations of Clare in yesterday’s Munster SFC semi-final.

To be fair, they almost matched Tipperary’s rousing start 80 miles to the north: no sooner had the ball been thrown in when their captain, midfielder Gary Brennan, grabbed possession and careered through the heart of the Cork defence with a green flag on his mind — his shot flashed a foot wide with the anthem still echoing through the stands.