Selector Ray Keane opts out of Cork football backroom team

STANDING ASIDE: Ray Keane won't be part of Cork's backroom team for 2023. File pic: James Crombie

Kerryman Ray Keane won’t be part of the Cork football backroom team for 2023, with his absence as a selector with the team going forward confirmed by manager John Cleary after the McGrath Cup victory against Clare in Quilty.

Keane wasn’t present for the game, with Cleary revealing that the Cahersiveen-native, who was one of four selectors along with Micheál Ó Croinín, Barry Corkery and James Loughery, has pulled out during the past week.