Kieran Kingston: Make Cork proud

Cork manager Kieran Kingston has a clear message for his players, writes Jackie Cahill, ahead of next Sunday’s Munster senior hurling championship quarter-final against Tipperary: ‘Make us proud.’

But Kingston acknowledges the scale of the task facing the Rebels at Semple Stadium — and insisted that Tipp’s heavy league final defeat to Galway will count for nothing.

Kingston also expressed sympathy for suspended Tipperary player Jason Forde, and he believes that the rivalry between the counties has been diluted somewhat in recent times due to the Premier County’s dominance.