Ephie Fitzgerald won’t pressure Cork’s dual stars on future plans

Cork manager Ephie Fitzgerald remains unsure about the availability of 11-time All-Ireland winners Briege Corkery and Rena Buckley for the coming championship season.

But Fitzgerald, who steered the Leesiders to All-Ireland glory in his first year in charge, isn’t putting any pressure on the dual stars as he prepares for Saturday’s Lidl National League Division 1 semi-final with Dublin.

Cork’s ladies footballers are in action just a day before the camogie team battles it out with Kilkenny for League glory. But just one dual player, Libby Coppinger, will be involved in both games, as Buckley is committing solely to camogie for now, having been named as team captain for the 2017 season.