Cork boss Pat Ryan: 'You have to win All-Irelands' to succeed as manager

As his three-year term ends, Pat Ryan reflects on pressure, tradition, and what it really means to wear red

SECOND TIME LUCKY: Cork manager Pat Ryan looks ahead to the All-Ireland hurling final. Pic: ©INPHO/James Crombie.

Pat Ryan was given a three-year term. Tomorrow is the final game of that term. Let’s go right back to the eve of his opening game in the opening year of that term.

In January 2023, the new Cork manager was asked if his reign would be deemed a failure should Liam MacCarthy not return to Leeside at some point before close of business this summer.