‘People ask me, were you bitter about 2010? Not a hope’

A Cork-Kerry Munster final fills James Masters’ horizon this afternoon... but not necessarily the one you are thinking of.

In his role as Cork ladies coach, Masters is learning first-hand the key lessons of management and how to aid the development and nurturing of players, areas that may have hastened the end of his inter-county career in 2009 NOW that he is a coach, James Masters is keenly vigilant to ensure his players avoid the mistakes he and some of his managers made during his playing days, but not some of the privileges he took for granted.

No player has won more Cork senior football championships, with all but one of his nine county medals sealed in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. His three senior Munster championships with Cork were all won in the bowl down by the Marina.