Tipp ladies dominate on big stage in Cork

The result may be a setback from a Cork perspective, but in the greater scheme of things, a significant step forward in Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday as Cork’s ladies footballers got to share the stage with their male counterparts for the first time.

They say that “if you can’t see it, you can’t be it” and there were plenty of young footballers from Cork and Tipperary present to see two teams very comfortable both in their own skin, and in their new environment. It left you wondering how so simple a thing took so long to happen.