Seánie McGrath: Semple Stadium would have been a small town library without Cork

Cork have to get their picks from five to nine absolutely spot on against Limerick. 

Cork supporters during All-Ireland SHC quarter-final match against Dublin at FBD Semple Stadium in Thurles, Tipperary. Picture: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

I’ll be accused of over-Corking my intro, but the value of our hurlers to this championship, both from generating an atmosphere on matchday to generating a tidy profit at the gate on the way in, was so obvious last Saturday.

Now I know the afternoon on the whole was far more flat than fizzing, but Semple Stadium would have been a small-town library if Cork hadn’t turned out in the droves they did. The following this team has is phenomenal.