Bench bullets: Does Cork's second wave pack a bigger punch than Tipp's? 

Cork have depth and Cork have options. You didn’t need to be going through the turnstiles at Páirc Uí Chaoimh or enduring the Buttevant tailbacks en route to the Gaelic Grounds to be aware of such.

BENCH PRESS: Cork’s Shane Kingston replaces Patrick Horgan against Dublin. Pic: Leah Scholes/Inpho

Patrick Horgan wasn’t shy in telling us last spring that Cork have two for every position. The same player wasn’t behind the door earlier this year when declaring that the current panel is the strongest across his 18 seasons in red.

His fellow inside assassin, Alan Connolly, announced on the eve of Munster Championship that the internal training games are the best he’s seen across his six seasons in red.