John Meyler: Up or down Cork have shown great character

Cork manager John Meyler paid tribute to his side’s character in coming from behind to win yesterday’s round-robin game, but acknowledged their display against Waterford “wouldn’t do” against an in-form Clare team.

“We’re in the Munster final,” said Meyler. “We set our game-plan out way back in January, that we’d be one of the three teams to qualify out of this group for the quarter-finals or whatever.

“The game today afforded us the opportunity to reach a Munster final, we’ve reached a Munster final, and that’s it in a nutshell.