Cork have 'a lot of regrets' about Kerry game but see positives in All-Ireland draw

Cork manager John Cleary during the Munster SFC semi-final against Kerry. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

“It could have been worse and it could have been better”. So went John Cleary’s reaction to his Cork team being drawn in Group 3 of the All-Ireland series alongside the winners of Armagh-Donegal, the losers of Kerry-Clare, and Tyrone.

Cork will open their Sam Maguire account away to the beaten Munster finalists on the weekend of May 18/19, presumably the Saturday of that weekend as the Cork hurlers are in action on the Sunday.