Cork await permission to play semi-final hero Mark Keane against Tipp

McCarthy reveals Collingwood have to be asked on game-by-game basis

Mark Keane puts the ball past Kerry goalkeeper Shane Ryan to earn the Rebels a dramatic victory. Picture: George Hatchell

Cork are awaiting permission from Collingwood to field goalscoring hero Mark Keane in Sunday week’s Munster SFC final, manager Ronan McCarthy has revealed.

The Mitchelstown man’s Melbourne AFL club are making their contracted player available to his county on a game-by-game basis.