McGrath: Cork’s mantra now is ‘no excuses’

Former Cork selector Seanie McGrath feels there’s more pressure on Clare in this weekend’s Munster hurling final because of their poor provincial record — but adds that Cork face the challenge of dealing with their favourites’ tag.

“Mentally this is probably the hardest one for Cork, because they may have to deal with a slight favourites’ tag, so they’ll have to be very strong mentally.

“But you could equally say that there’s huge pressure on Clare to deliver. People are talking about the famine in Cork in terms of All-Ireland titles, but we won a great Munster title in 2014, so there are Cork players with Munster medals.