'You need to be scoring three or four goals to be winning' - Pat Ryan

Ryan believes Cork have “narrowed down” why they were patchy across their first two league games against Clare and Kilkenny.

ANALYSIS DONE: Pat Ryan believes Cork have “narrowed down” why they were patchy across their first two league games against Clare and Kilkenny. Pic: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

“Remember this feeling” was the mantra among the Cork players as they huddled on the pitch following the 2003 All-Ireland final defeat to Kilkenny.

Twelve months later and players such as Ronan Curran admitted a sheer fear of experiencing that despondency again was what drove them to beat The Cats.