Cork boss Ben O’Connor: 'They are trying to take the manliness out of the game'

'They don’t want any dust-up, they don’t want any bit of blood split, they don’t want a hurley broke. They want to make it a nice game for my little Johnny at home'

SALTHILL PEPPER: Cork manager Ben O'Connor, and Galway manager Micheál Donoghue after Saturday's feisty Allianz Hurling League Division 1A clash at Pearse Stadium. Pic: Ben McShane/Sportsfile

THE question was specifically about whether the maor foirne should return. Ben O’Connor’s answer focused more on his fundamental unease with the direction of the game itself.

The Cork hurling manager was pleased with a showing that contained everything you want from the league: a proper test and the chance to dog it out. Despite a poor start, Cork recovered to dominate the second half and earn a two-point victory over Galway at Pearse Stadium.

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