Seán Hayes: ‘I wouldn’t have a fear of Kerry or anything like that’

Seán Hayes would know more than most that Cork’s performances at senior level haven’t really reflected the talent or promise of the county over the past few years.

He’s had a successful stint as manager with the U21s and is now double jobbing with the seniors and U20s, but with the senior setup it’s very much a case of new year, new leaf.

“I know the lads from last year and they tried their best and we all have different styles of management but all of the senior players have bought into what Ronan is doing. The U21 fellas, we’ve had four great years with them. We got to one All-Ireland final, one semi-final, and one Munster final, and last year was the one year we left ourselves down but we did have a lot of injuries and trouble last year that we could do nothing about, and Kerry were good as well. I wouldn’t have a fear of Kerry or anything like that in the senior.”