Éamonn Fitzmaurice: My fond, and not so fond, memories of facing Cork

In my time as a player and manager I was fortunate enough to come up against serious Cork teams on a regular basis and I still have fond and some not so fond memories from those days

Eamonn Fitzmaurice in action against Cork's Don Davis in the 1998 Munster SFC semi-final at Pairc Ui Chaoimh. 

I am unsure about what kind of a game to expect at Páirc Ui Rinn on Saturday evening. 

It is hard to make much of a case for Cork but the cautious Kerryman in me will never trust them. We will always have an innate wariness of our neighbours. Jack O'Connor is sure to have mentioned what happened the last time they played in Cork in a deserted Pairc Uí Chaoimh two years ago during the COVID championship, when Cork’s workrate and physicality and Mark Keane's late goal sunk Kerry.