Peadar Healy hails hard work

Cork manager Peadar Healy singled out the points kicked by Mark Collins and Colm O’Neill approaching the interval as the key scores in ending their three-game Allinaz League losing run.

A Conor McManus goal on the half hour mark, followed as it was by three points in-a-row from the visitors, cut the gap to 1-10 to 1-6 — undoing much of Cork’s early dominance in the process — and so the two points in quick succession from Collins and O’Neill were crucial in keeping the home outfit out of reach from their opponents.

“We did get off to a good start, but we then let them back into it with a soft goal. They got a bit of momentum before half-time. So they were two vital scores we kicked, as were the two scores at the start of the second-half,” reflected Healy.