Pat Ryan hails Cork’s forward threat

Cork selector Pat Ryan agreed that yesterday’s NHL relegation play-off was looser than observers might have anticipated, but insisted that was a result of the tactics on view.

“In the second half, Galway drew a man out, and that gave us a spare man at the back, and that’s where it becomes loose after that.

“In the second half we didn’t work the middle third as hard as we should have, and they got some scores.