Nobody wrote them off but Sars survived big build-up

Every conversation on the run into Sunday’s Cork hurling final concluded that Sars could not possibly come off second best.

Barry O'Flynn of Sarsfields celebrates at the final whistle during the Cork County Senior Club Hurling Championship final match between Sarsfields and Midleton at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork. Photo by Michael P Ryan/Sportsfile

A different sort of noise to submerge and ignore. In this year of the perceived underdog and every winning player clamouring to a microphone to rail against their writing off, Sars were covering ears last week to block out those building them up.

Every conversation on the run into Sunday’s Cork hurling final centred on monumental Midleton losses Eoin Moloney and Conor Lehane. Every conversation thus concluded that Sars could not possibly come off second best.