Why Cork hurlers need to go low more often

Before Galway went four straight Championship matches without raising a green flag last year, the team that came closest to winning an All-Ireland title with a similar enough barren goal spell was Cork in 2013.

After three games, they arrived goalless at the All-Ireland semi-final stage, where they managed one against Dublin, before obliterating that trend by finding the net on three occasions twice in the final dates with Clare.

However, goal-scoring has long stopped being a strength of Cork. Over the past six seasons, they have averaged just one per match and their record in the league — 1.22 — isn’t much better.