Cork's fast starts have become trademark in All-Ireland final run

Cork manager Pat Ryan said his side have only one way of playing: flat out. 

Brian Hayes of Cork scores his side's first goal past Clare goalkeeper Eibhear Quilligan during the Munster SHC round robin. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

“We're targeting goals all the time, we're targeting fast starts all the time. That’s the goal of it, that’s the game,” said Pat Ryan in the aftermath of their ruthless semi-final skewering of Dublin.

At the county’s All-Ireland final press evening two days later, he expanded on this point and core principle of the group’s.