Cork set to welcome back injured parties for league semi-final 

Injuries to key players have handed opportunities to the panel’s younger members, and have given them sustained exposure at this top level.

GROWING SQUAD: Cork manager Pat Ryan before the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 Group A match between Cork and Wexford at Páirc Ui Chaoimh in Cork. Pic: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

Given that Cork begin their Munster campaign a week later than everyone else at the end of April and given there are so many players short of match minutes because of injury, manager Pat Ryan made no attempt to downplay the importance of his team advancing to the League’s knockout stages.

“It’s excellent for us because we have a bye in the first round of the Munster championship,” began Ryan.