No hiding for defenders under new football rules

Adapting to the new rules on top of making his senior debut in January, it has been a baptism of fire on occasions for Lordan but his display in Kingspan Breffni was a resounding affirmation of Cleary’s faith in him.

NO WHERE TO HIDE: Roscommon's Ben O’Carroll and Neil Lordan of Cork. Pic: ©INPHO/Bryan Keane

Cork’s Neil Lordan says there is no hiding place for defenders under the new football rules.

Along with fellow corner-back Seán Brady of Ballygarvan, Ballinora’s Lordan has this year been “thrown in” as manager John Cleary put it to compensate for injuries to the likes of Seán Meehan and Maurice Shanley.