People before players remains the Keith Ricken mantra

Though Keith Ricken would love to win tonight's Munster U20 semi-final meeting with Kerry, developing people to take Cork forward is always the priority

Keith Ricken Cork U20 football manager speaking to the media during the week. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Finding and developing good people, more so than good footballers, is what preoccupies Keith Ricken.

When Ricken was appointed “last-minute-dot-com” to the post of Cork U20 football manager in January of 2019, the brief put in front of him was a developmental one.