UCC ties adding extra spice to Munster football final

The blue and gold contribution to UCC GAA isn’t confined to the small ball

Cullinane doesn’t believe that Cork will be complacent this weekend despite beating Kerry because in Ronan McCarthy, Cork have a manager who is meticulous in his preparations — and his players know those Tipperary players well. Picture: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

The ball was practically still rolling around the Kerry net, thanks to Mark Keane’s late intervention for Cork, when the UCC Sigerson WhatsApp groups started to buzz.

Messages from all three of those groups lit up Des Cullinane’s phone. As a long-time coach with the College and former Cork U21 football coach, Cullinane enjoyed the dramatic win as much as anyone.