O'Connor urges Kerry to 'get tuned in, get back to basics, put in a good shift' against Banner

In the space of a fortnight, though, that’s all changed radically. Cork pushed the Kingdom so hard in the Munster semi-final that they probably should have seen it out in the end.

STAY TUNED: Jack O’Connor, a keen student of the Irish language will know the meaning of the phrase 'An rud is annamh is iontach'. What’s seldom is wonderful. Pic: Shauna Clinton/Sportsfile

Jack O’Connor, a keen student of the Irish language will know the meaning of the phrase 'An rud is annamh is iontach'. What’s seldom is wonderful. 

This idiom springs to mind on the rare occasion when the last manager of a team comes face to face with the current coach.