Cork’s shapeshifters can find another dimension

If last year’s All-Ireland qualifier against Sligo was the day Cork footballers tore up the script and started again, was the hurlers’ backdoor game with Wexford last Saturday the day they changed tack?

Cork’s shapeshifters can find another dimension

It certainly seemed that way. Cork hardly looked like themselves. By that, we mean they were not conventional, not orthodox, not rigged.

Previously, the extent of Cork’s positional tactics might have been Patrick Horgan’s drift from the full-forward line or a subtle tweak here and there. But all of a sudden, Cork looked multi-dimensional.

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