'The hunger is there' insists Brian Hurley ahead of 13th Cork championship campaign

"The championship, and when the sun comes, it really gives you the bite, the hunger, and the bit of fire in the belly."

UNLUCKY FOR SOME: Cork captain Brian Hurley ready for his 13th campiagn with the Rebels. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Neil Lordan, Seán Brady, and Seán McDonnell will make their Cork championship debuts at TUS Gaelic Grounds later today.

Brian Hurley, some 12 years earlier, made his championship debut at the same venue, against the same green opposition, and at the same first stage of the provincial race.