Cork Minor hurlers unfazedby new format

Cork’s latest batch of minor hurlers won’t be fazed by the new structure of the provincial championship.

The system of recent years, whereby counties who lost their opening game were afforded a second chance, has been replaced by a round-robin model that mirrors the new senior format.

“Last year, it was week-on-week, too, but the Munster [U17] championship was over by this stage, we went April 11, April 18 and April 25,” said manager John Considine, who successfully oversaw the U17s in 2017.