'Our season hinges on this' - Des Cullinane confident Cork footballers can deliver 

The Rebels must better marry defensive organisation with an ability to counter in greater numbers and with greater potency than was the case against the Kingdom four weeks ago.

Munster GAA Senior Football Championship Semi-Final, Pairc Ui Rinn, Cork 7/5/2022 Cork vs Kerry Cork’s Sean Powter and Seán O’Shea of Kerry Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/James Crombie

Let’s begin with a fun fact (although not so fun, perhaps, for those within the Cork football set-up): It is 19 years since Cork exited the All-Ireland SFC without recording a single win.

The year was 2003; a 10-point thumping at home to Limerick in the Munster quarter-final was followed by the narrowest of defeats to Roscommon in the opening round of qualifiers.