Ring backs U21 stars to bounce back from senior heartache

They are, of course, still hurting from the defeat to Limerick, but Denis Ring has been urging the senior panelists in his Cork U21 squad to use that pain to their advantage against Wexford in this afternoon’s All-Ireland semi-final against Wexford.

As former Cork hurler Tom Kenny noted in these pages on Tuesday, it isn’t often you get the opportunity less than one week later to contest another All-Ireland semi-final and prove you are capable of making that step to a decider.