'Disappointed' Cleary laments Cork inaccuracies and Jones' black card

THIRD-PLACE: Cork manager John Cleary during the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 3 match between Cork and Tyrone at Glenisk O'Connor Park. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach, Sportsfile

The vexation for Cork is that they weren’t outclassed or outthought or outmuscled. They were instead their own undoing.

Cork came to Tullamore chasing a first three-in-a-row of championship victories in 12 years. They were chasing top spot in Group 3, a bypassing of the preliminary quarter-final round, and a last-eight pairing that would have steered clear of the biggest hitters.