Pat Ryan: 'That's probably the worst half of hurling the lads have delivered since my time here'

Joint favourites with Limerick to win the All-Ireland title, it doesn’t appear that middling second-half display has done anything to quell the expectation in and around Cork but Ryan believes it may.

PERFORMANCE: Despite winning their first Division 1 title in 27 years Pat Ryan is not happy with his side's second half performance. Pic:Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

After such a facile way to end a 27-year wait for a Division 1 title, you would be wrong if you thought Pat Ryan would be hard pressed to mitigate the performance.

In a second half that yielded only seven points for Cork and four from play, he found the rod with which to whip his players this week ahead of going to Clare on Sunday week.