Paul Kerrigan: Footballers well down Cork pecking order

Cork football captain Paul Kerrigan acknowledges that the current side are probably third in importance behind the county hurlers and the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh in the minds of Leeside fans.

However, he is hopeful a good performance in Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC round 4A qualifier against Mayo in Limerick (5pm) can help to turn their fortunes around. It’s possible that more Cork people will be in Páirc Uí Chaoimh for the hurling quarter-final between Tipperary and Clare than in Limerick on Saturday, but that doesn’t faze Kerrigan.

“I’d say it’s probably guaranteed that that’ll be the case, but what can you do?” he says.