Cork chiefs pleased Páirc Uí Chaoimh pitch not the story

While events on the Páirc Uí Chaoimh pitch weren’t all that enjoyable for the Cork senior hurling team on Sunday, the quality of the sod itself wasn’t a talking point, much to the relief of county GAA chiefs.

After the pitch cut up badly during the national league games against Kildare (football) and Wexford (hurling) at the end of January, the decision was taken to rest Páirc Uí Chaoimh until the championship, but the surface wasn’t an issue in Sunday’s Munster SHC defeat to Tipperary.