Cork Con eager to win back-to-back AIL titles for first time in 20 years

“It hasn't been done in 20 or so years and it's obviously a massive achievement. So we haven't shied away from it. It's something we want to do for the club, it would be the first time in the club’s history. So really keen to do that."

BACK TO BACK TITLES: Cork Con’s Jack Kelleher and Dave Hyland celebrate at the final whistle Pic: ©INPHO/James Crombie.

It is 20 years since Shannon completed back-to-to-back All Ireland League title-winning campaigns and Cork Constitution captain Dave Hyland makes no apology for his club’s bid to become the first team to follow in their footsteps at Aviva Stadium on Sunday.

Twelve months on from winning a titanic tussle 33-22 over defending champions Terenure, it will be Clontarf out to deny Cork Con’s bid for history in their efforts to match the middle leg of Shannon’s famous three-in-a-row title run in the mid-2000s.