Cork selector Micheál Ó Cróinín: Kevin Walsh adds 'another dimension' to Rebels

ANOTHER DIMENSION: Cork selector Micheál Ó Cróinín says former Galway boss Kevin Walsh throws a different thing into the mix with Cork. 'He’s been around the block, a lot of experience. I’m looking forward to that. He adds another dimension, a few different ways of football.' File pic

When facing substantial hostility every trooper counts. In ways the Cork footballers’ 2022 was defined by inches on the field, a one-point win over Offaly to rescue their season and a late surge to overcome Limerick. Off it? They were trying to make up miles, down key figures during a fight for survival.

Micheál Ó Cróinín looks back to the Galway game during the league. Seán Powter, Maurice Shanley, Brian Hurley, Paul Walsh, Cathail O’Mahony, Brian Hartnett, and more were all on the sideline. Two of their top talents, Conor Corbett and Killian O’Hanlon, were out with cruciate injuries. 2021 All-Star nominee Seán Meehan limped off and ended up in London to have an operation after tearing his hamstring off the bone.