Alan Cadogan wants Cork to emulate Kilkenny’ ferocity

Alan Cadogan was in Portugal last July, observing a promise he’d made to himself to ignore the All-Ireland semi-finals, when his interest got the better of him.

After locating a bar with the Kilkenny-Limerick game on, he bought a beer, pulled up a chair and watched, fascinated, as the Cats channelled their inner dog and savaged the All-Ireland holders with a ferocity that inspired him.