Huge relief for Cork, but serious faults remain in their ranks

Cork 1-26 Dublin 1-23: Firstly, the positives for Cork. Heaven knows there’s been enough of the other stuff this last while.

Alan Cadogan won’t be considering it now but he can order the tux for the autumn. Putting in another sumptuous display, adding 1-5 to his 0-4 tally against Tipperary, he will be an All-Star nominee come October.

Presented with four first-half scoring opportunities, the Douglas man took every one of them and was on hand for an insurance score late into injury-time.