John Considine hoping 94-day lay-off won’t leave Cork rusty

Fixture scheduling has really been of the famine-or-feast kind for the Cork U17 hurlers.

John Considine hoping 94-day lay-off won’t leave Cork rusty

Having won the Munster championship with wins over Limerick, Tipperary, and Waterford on consecutive weeks in April, tonight’s All-Ireland semi-final against Galway in Thurles (7.30pm) represents a first competitive outing in 94 days. Coach John Considine admits it has been a challenge to manage the time period, but also makes the point that this is Galway’s first game.

“We played three Tuesdays in a row,” he says, “so we had three games in 15 days, which was great in one way as it built momentum.

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