‘You’d have a lot of friends mocking you that you haven’t played in Páirc Uí Chaoimh’

Cork captain Ciara O’Sullivan will lead the Rebels against Kerry as they bid to reclaim the Munster title at Cork IT. The Mourneabbey forward is gunning for her eighth Munster medal to match her tally of eight All-Irelands.

Q: How do you reflect on 2017?

A: It was a building year for us. We had a lot of new players and we lost a lot of experienced players. While we didn’t win Munster or the All-Ireland, we did win the League. That was very big for us given how young our team was. The average age of that team was 22 or 23. While we weren’t successful last year, it did give younger players a lot of experience playing the likes of Mayo and Donegal.