Cork selector Mícheál Ó Cróinín: Relegation avoided, now to seal Sam Maguire spot

The Rebels inflicting a first defeat of the spring on Armagh will get them safely into the All-Ireland.

CORK FOR SAM?: Cork manager John Cleary, right, with his selectors Micheál Ó Cróinín, left, and James Loughrey during the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship quarter-final match between Derry and Cork at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

One trapdoor avoided, Cork must now sidestep another.

The hazardous bottom half of Division 2 must be mentally exhausting for its inhabitants. Around every corner and after every round is some sort of a fall. You’d nearly want to have the Safe Pass course done in advance.