Cork selector Pat Ryan: Everyone’s on a short leash now

Michael Moynihan spoke to selector Pat Ryan about the Rebels’ ‘trepidation’ ahead of tonight’s make-or-break clash with Ger Cunningham’s Dublin.

Cork selector Pat Ryan says the Leesiders’ Munster SHC quarter-final loss to Tipperary means they’re “probably going in with a bit of trepidation” to tonight’s All-Ireland qualifier clash with Dublin (Páirc Uí Rinn, 7pm).

The heavy provincial defeat to Tipp was “unacceptable”, says the Sars clubman: “The Tipp game was very disappointing — more than that, it was a letdown because we thought we’d perform a lot better than that,” says Ryan.