Did board come up with the resources to keep hold of Kingston?

The jokes weren’t long in coming as the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh neared completion: Cork would have a great stadium, but where was the team to play in it?

Flash forward to the third quarter of the All-Ireland senior hurling semi-final, when Cork were two points up.

Waterford would eventually overhaul them to make the final, but by any metric Cork’s progress in the 2017 season was phenomenal.