Cork have more to lose than Tipp, says Peter Lambert
The former Tipperary forward, who won a club All-Ireland with Nemo Rangers in 1994, believes Liam Kearns’ charges have a “free shot” at this summer’s championship whereas massive pressure rests on the shoulders of a maligned Cork team to produce a result at Páirc Uí Rinn.
Not since 1940 has a Cork team fallen to the Premier County in successive summers and Peadar Healy’s charges won’t be keen on bridging that 77-year gap tomorrow. Moreover, July 2 has long been circled on Leeside calendars as the afternoon when the locks are lifted on the redeveloped 45,000-capacity Páirc Uí Chaoimh. The plan was for a Cork v Kerry Munster football final. Recent Cork performances, though, don’t look favourably on such an outcome materialising.
