Colin Corkery: Steven Sherlock can be a game-changer for Cork

In one full game and 12 minutes, Sherlock already has three to his name, two of them coming in his heroic finish in the opening win over Cavan.

SHERLOCK'S HOME: Steven Sherlock is enjoying the new two-point rule. Pic: Tom Beary/Sportsfile.

The way Colin Corkery sees it, Steven Sherlock mightn’t have returned to the Cork panel but for the new rules.

The St Finbarr’s man himself admitted last October that the changes to the game had “reignited” him. Who knows what assurances John Cleary gave him to convince him to return after taking last season out, but the rules may have done most of the talking.