Cork's hero of '83 Tadhg Murphy: 'It is time to pass on the baton to a new generation'

“It was a bit similar to my own in that it was a long ball which came so late in the game.” 
Cork's hero of '83 Tadhg Murphy: 'It is time to pass on the baton to a new generation'

Left, Cork wing-forward Tadgh Murphy celebrates scoring his side's winning goal in the 1983 Munster final and right, Mark Keane celebrates after his dramatic winner on Sunday.

Tadhg Murphy has in his own words enjoyed ‘plenty of mileage’ for the goal he scored in the embers of the 1983 Munster SFC final to clinch victory for Cork and shatter Kerry’s bid for record ninth Munster title in-a-row.

So who better to assess Mark Keane’s late, late strike which ended the Kingdom’s involvement in the 2020 championship in the most dramatic of circumstances in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on a wet Sunday evening.

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