This time, Midleton keen to defuse the Harty Cup hype

Midleton CBS held their Harty Cup final press afternoon on Wednesday week last, the low-key gathering in stark contrast to last year’s.

With today’s fixture representing their second successive final appearance, a similar event was organised in advance of the 2018 decider. Present at the Midleton school on that occasion were management, a handful of players, who were available to speak to the gathered media, and numerous past pupils, including Paudie O’Sullivan, who had starred in the college’s most recent Harty success back in 2006, while press clippings from that particular campaign hung proudly from the walls.