No time to savour Roscommon victory as Dublin in Croke Park looms for Cork and John Cleary

“It is the one drawback in this system that fellas train so hard and we all prepare so hard for it, and you don’t get the time to enjoy it properly because you can’t as no sooner that it happens, you have a bigger test coming the following week," said the Rebels boss.

14 June 2025; Cork manager John Cleary arrives ahead of the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 3 match between Roscommon and Cork at Laois Hire O'Moore Park in Portlaoise, Laois. Photo by Daire Brennan/Sportsfile

Not for preparation purposes but John Cleary sure would have liked a little more time for his Cork players to savour their victory over Roscommon on Saturday.

The reward for their efforts is an All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-final date with Dublin in Croke Park this Saturday with a 6.15pm throw-in.