PRO: Cork victims of their own success

Members of the Cork County Board executive “made representations” to GAA top-brass earlier this summer to synchronise fixtures involving the county’s hurling and football teams.

The Cork footballers are in fourth round qualifier duty on Saturday evening in Thurles against Kildare, while the hurlers will step inside the Semple Stadium whitewash on Sunday afternoon for their quarter-final meeting with Galway.

This is the second championship weekend where the Cork hurlers and footballers are both in action, and while a double-header wasn’t possible on the weekend of July 4/5 - their respective games were scheduled at Wexford Park and Fitzgerald Stadium, the Cork executive were keen to avoid a situation where the two teams will line out at the one venue, but on different days.