Mastering the art of the six-day turnaround

It would be doing yesterday’s Cork county football final some disservice to move immediately beyond it and onto the matter of who emerged with their tails up.

Nevertheless, the respective claims on the so-called psychological edge – whatever that means – is a seductive place to start. From a desperate position, St Finbarr’s excavated a draw.

That in itself franks the view that their status as the team-to-emerge-from-the-pack in Cork is moot now.