Cork end 16-year wait for All-Ireland hurling title with U20 success

Goals in either half were the springboard to victory for Cork over Dublin in this All-Ireland U20 final

Cork players celebrate following the 2020 Bord Gáis Energy GAA Hurling All-Ireland U20 Championship final win over Dublin. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Cork 2-19 Dublin 1-15

A particularly long and winding road finally took a turn for Cork on Saturday evening, as the county’s U20 hurlers won an All-Ireland title - the first for the Leesiders in the grade since 1998 and a first at any grade since 2005.