Perfect start for Cork as Ryan's Rebels brush Waterford aside

Pat Ryan's charges were comfortable winners over Davy Fitzgerald's Waterford.

POSITIVE START: Patrick Horgan of Cork in action against Jack Fagan and Conor Prunty of Waterford. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Cork 0-27 Waterford 0-18 

Cork were the last county to open their championship account. On Sunday afternoon in front of a crowd of 29,104, they strutted up to hurling’s front desk and flashed such an array of notes that heads were turned far beyond Leeside.