Ten days on from Cork's All-Ireland glory, a new journey begins with Tipperary test

Cork’s 2021 class have been together as a panel for all of a week and a half

Cork's Conor O'Callaghan celebrates after the 2020 All-Ireland U20 Hurling Championship Final at UPMC Nowlan Park. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

As Championship preparations go, Cork’s run-in to this evening’s Munster U20 semi-final has been most unorthodox. Then again, management had no option but for that to be the case.

Cork begin this season’s U20 hurling championship as reigning All-Ireland champions. What hardly needs stating is the fact that that All-Ireland was won 10 days ago.