Pat Ryan hails Cork's 'savage' second-half display as young Rebels' title defence on track

'Tipperary blew us away in the first-half, they probably should have been up by a bit more at half-time. We just let them hurl too easily, we didn’t get stuck into them'

Tue, 20 Jul, 2021 - 21:57

Eoghan Cormican

Cork U20 hurling manager Pat Ryan hailed his players’ “savage” second-half performance to keep alive Cork’s Munster and All-Ireland U20 title defence.

“Tipperary blew us away in the first-half, they probably should have been up by a bit more at half-time. We just let them hurl too easily, we didn’t get stuck into them, we didn’t put our bodies on the line. We were hunting in ones, they were hunting in threes and fours. We just asked the lads to give us that effort in the second-half and see where it took us,” said Ryan of the message imparted at half-time.