No moral victories for Cleary but Cork greenhorns must be realistic

15 players were handed League debuts during a turbulent spring that looked for a long time that it would end with exclusion from the Sam Maguire Cup

HOT SHOT: Corks Brian Hurley shoots under pressure from Limericks Iain Corbett. Pic: Ken Sutton, INPHO

When we asked John Cleary earlier this week what constitutes a positive result for Cork in their All-Ireland quarter-final against the Dubs, his answer was almost identical to the one he gave when a similar question was put to him ahead of the county’s Munster semi-final with Kerry.

“Where I am sitting now, the only thing we are looking at is trying to win the game. Nothing else is in our interest,” said the interim Cork manager.