Return of the Master: Why Donal O’Grady’s new role is ‘a masterstroke’ for Cork hurling

"He would have been very hands on in coaching and he’d be good at explaining what you could do if you missed a hook or block, which is great. It was never a case of going through drills for the sake of it. He picked apart the whole thing for you.”

Former All-Ireland-winning manager Donal O’Grady has joined Cork’s senior hurling management group to work on analysis and coaching. 

You don’t need to be a detective to figure out that Donal O’Grady doesn’t do sentiment.

No one knows that better than Alan Browne who believes his former manager is returning to the Cork fold to work as a coach with Kieran Kingston because of the “potential” he sees within the squad.