Cormac Murphy injury a sour note in Cork canter
Murphy was substituted, and Clare’s David Fitzgerald got a second yellow card for the loose challenge responsible for the injury.
It was an unsurprising turning point in a challenge game marking the official opening of the Cloyne GAA grounds. The contest was often frisky and confrontational, if not played at championship pace, and referee Fergal Horgan sent off a second player late on, Cork’s Christopher Joyce, for a wild pull, and more than once had to halt proceedings to defuse an off-the-ball shemozzle.
