Cork selector Pat Hartnett says time will tell on tactical ploys

A phoney war in Thurles yesterday? Cork selector Pat Hartnett didn’t work too hard to dispel that impression.

“We had three hard sessions this week. I suppose the main objective is this day nine weeks and the relegation game obviously.”

After the frenetic effort against Kilkenny a week earlier just came up short, Cork only managed anything resembling that intensity for 15 minutes yesterday.