Collins and Cork must engineer and execute a different playbook against Limerick's green wall 

As doesn’t need much recounting, the goalkeeper and his puck-outs achieved unparalleled success against the green wall.  Since then, Collins’ solid anchoring has seen him blend back into the pack.

NEW STATEGY REQUIRED: Cork goalkeeper Patrick Collins. Pic: Eóin Noonan, Sportsfile

Everyone was talking about Patrick Collins. And then nobody was talking about Patrick Collins.

As Seánie McGrath recently put it on these pages, the biggest compliment that could be paid to the Cork goalkeeper right now is that he has disappeared from the conversation.