Statements of intent welcome at any time for Cork football

It might only be the McGrath Cup, but the Cork footballers, for a variety of reasons, would be best served by ensuring the pre-season silverware is perched at the front of the team bus when it pulls out of Willie Clancy country tomorrow afternoon.

With neither a Munster football championship nor a league title captured since 2012, the sole trophies the Cork footballers have claimed in the last seven years has been the McGrath Cup (2014, ‘16 and ‘18). Given the current state of Cork football, better to have it than not.