McCarthy: Rod put paid to semi-final at Páirc

Cork football manager Ronan McCarthy wanted the county’s Munster semi-final, scheduled for June 1, played at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, only for the county board to decree the pitch unavailable due to the Rod Stewart concert on May 25.

Cork play host to either Tipperary or Limerick on the first Saturday in June and with the Munster SFC decider to be staged at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, should Cork safely negotiate the semi-final hurdle, McCarthy knows it will have stood to his team to have already played a championship game at the venue.