Brian Hurley: ‘I was allergic training with Cork... I wanted to play in a county final’

Castlehaven’s Brian Hurley tries to escape from Colm Scully of St Finbarr’s during the Cork SFC semi-final at Páirc Ui Rinn in Cork, which Castlehaven won on penalties. The final, due to be played against Nemo yesterday, has been postponed due to virus restrictions. Picture: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Brian Hurley doesn’t sugarcoat his reaction to last Tuesday’s morning text message to attend Cork training. “It didn’t go down too well with me,” he admits.

“It was probably the first message I ever got from Cork management where I didn’t want to turn up. I’m not saying that in a bad way but my emotions had been so high with the club to get as far as the final.”