Harty Cup coaches claim Cork quality on the rise

That this combination is newsworthy tells you a lot about hurling in Cork right now, of course.
There was a time in the not-so-distant past when a variety of Cork schools routinely appeared in the critical stages of the top Munster Colleges competition, but the Colman’s-Midleton match-up is being taken as a possible green shoot of recovery after years of disappointment, rather than a verification of the natural order.