Seán Óg won over by young Rebels’ progress

Seán Óg Ó hAilpín can see why people are beginning to harp back to 1999.
Seán Óg won over by young Rebels’ progress

The similarities with what has happened in recent weeks are just too obvious to ignore: an unheralded Cork side with a batch of younger faces overcoming Waterford in a Munster semi-final and meeting Clare in the decider. And a team playing with skill, heart, and at pace.

“The big difference — and this is more kudos to these players than ours — is that these young fellas have had no glory at underage at all,” said the 40-year old who won the first of three All-Ireland titles with the county under Jimmy Barry-Murphy 18 years ago.

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