Championship Pointers: Forward-thinking Fitzgibbon reaching new heights for Cork

What did we learn from the Allianz HL Division 1 final?
Championship Pointers: Forward-thinking Fitzgibbon reaching new heights for Cork

Darragh Fitzgibbon of Cork celebrates his goal. Pic: James Lawlor, Inpho

The forgotten man no more 

During the game-time Alan Connolly missed between Rounds 2 and 7 of the Allianz League because of an achilles problem, his teammates scored 11 goals. There was no cause to lament the absence of their 2024 green flag leader. Connolly or no Connolly, the goals kept coming. Brian Hayes and backing vocalists were making sweet music in his absence.

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