Cork on the right road, says Seanie McGrath

Former Cork selector Seanie McGrath feels Kieran Kingston is correct to select younger players in his championship team, saying the Cork manager is “on the right road” with his youth policy.

The expectation is that Cork will field several U21 players in Sunday’s Munster senior championship clash with Tipperary and McGrath, an All-Ireland winner in 1999, says: “Other managers have done that. Jimmy (Barry-Murphy) did it in the late nineties, even though he had successful minor and U21 teams to draw from, and Kieran is doing it now - and he’s right. He has no other choice.

“People talk about the 1999 All-Ireland, but we took years to get there. An horrendous defeat in 1996 to Limerick, progress in 1997, we won our first Munster championship game in six years in 1998 and thought we were going well winning the league - and Clare put us back in our box in the championship. It was the fourth year when we landed the All-Ireland title.