Cork getting the job done despite pattern of slow starts

Cork’s start to the 2023 season has been one long episode of giving chase, but their closing-act resourcefulness has been the story of their spring

JOB DONE: Shane Kingston of Cork, centre, celebrate with teammates Shane Barrett, left, and Niall O’Leary after the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 Group A match against Wexford at Páirc Ui Chaoimh in Cork. Pic: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

On the afternoon of Cork’s exit from the 2022 All-Ireland championship - a self-inflicted quarter-final defeat to Galway - they spent the entire game giving chase.

Jack Grealish’s fortuitous goal put Cork in the chase position as early as the 14th second and there they remained right through to referee Paud O’Dwyer’s final whistle. The deficit was narrowed to a solitary point at different stages in the second half, but no equaliser ever followed.