Patience a virtue for Bandon ahead of much-delayed decider

The West Cork outfit take on the ever-busy Aghabullogue in Sunday’s Cork Intermediate A hurling final.

Eolann McSweeney, Bandon takes a tumble in this clash with Sarsfields' Kevin Crowley during their Co-Op Superstores Intermediate A HC semi-final match at Riverstick. Picture Dan Linehan

Ladies and gentlemen, will you welcome back to the stage, please, the Bandon hurlers. And our sincere thanks to Bandon for their patience.

Sunday’s Cork Intermediate A hurling final has taken on a strange sort of persona. The final has become less about the outcome, and more the incredibly long wait to get to the outcome.