‘When Nemo reach a final, they believe they can win it’

“Unusual,” is Dr Crokes selector Harry O’Neill’s reply when quizzed on the coin toss used to decide the venue for Sunday’s Munster club final against Nemo Rangers.

Not since 2011 has a club enjoyed home comforts on Munster final afternoon and on that occasion Cork champions UCC held no major gripes to the game being played at Fitzgerald Stadium. That probably had something to do with the fact that over half of UCC’s starting team hailed from the Kingdom.

When Nemo and Crokes won their respective semi-finals a fortnight ago, it was expected that Mallow, as had been the case for the delayed 2010 final between the pair, would again play host.