Professional is a word that never really fits in a GAA sense. And for obvious reasons too. But in the case of Cork’s opening 35 minutes at Thurles, it is entirely appropriate.
The Cork players laid down early marker after early marker. They wasted no time at all in sucking the life from Offaly and ensuring their underdog opponents got absolutely zero momentum going. They were superbly efficient and so very rarely sloppy.
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