Damien Cahalane: ‘It wasn’t a performance but it was a result’

A result, not a performance, was the consensus of the Cork camp after they progressed to the second round of the qualifiers at the expense of Dublin.

Full-back Damien Cahalane was simply happy the team put some distance between themselves and the forgettable showing in going down to Tipperary in May.

He admitted: “It’s been tough after the Tipp game. We had to up it. It wasn’t 100% what we were looking for but we got out of it. When things got tough, fellas dug their heels in for the result and that’s what it was. It wasn’t a performance but it was a result.”