Duhallow ready to go in at the deep end without a training session or challenge match

Duhallow manager Ned English offered the above information not as part of a whinge or to be in any way critical of the clubs in the North Cork division. He is simply painting a picture of how hindered their build-up has been

UCC’s Ian Jennings tries to hold off Muskerry’s Paul Ring, in the County Premier SFC Colleges/Divisions semi-final earlier this week. Duhallow will have to keep a tight rein on Jennings. Picture: Jim Coughlan

Not a single challenge game played or a proper training session had — that is Duhallow’s unfortunate reality ahead of tomorrow evening’s Cork Premier SFC colleges/divisions final.

Whereas their opponents UCC stepped inside the whitewash as recently as Wednesday evening for what was a keenly contested play-off semi-final against Muskerry, Duhallow enter this game with next to nothing done as a group.