Super-sub Rhona Ní Bhuachalla revels in the role

Cork selector Con O’Sullivan walked over to Rhona Ní Bhuachalla before she made her way out onto the pitch for the second-half.

“Rhona, he said, “a goal will win this”.

The Cork sub had been called down from the Hogan Stand during the interval break and the directive was to take up residence on the edge of the Dublin square. Her introduction came as no surprise. Neither did management’s instruction.