Glen Rovers all out to stop Cork clubs' rot in Munster

There have been 26 games in the Munster Club SHC since the November Sunday in 2009 when Newtownshandrum annexed a third provincial crown. In the ensuing six seasons, not a single victory has been managed by a Cork representative.

Sarsfields, Midleton, Carrigtwohill and Glen Rovers have all fallen at Munster’s first hurdle in recent years, with the Glen, who open their provincial campaign away to Limerick champions Patrickswell this Sunday, bidding to become the first Cork club since Newtownshandrum to follow up their county championship triumph with a win on the road.

Mind you, the rot had set in long before the winter of 2010. Newtownshandrum’s three titles (2003, ‘05 and ‘09) aside, no other Cork club has conquered Munster since Midleton edged out Cappawhite by the minimum in the 1987 final.