Cork look for home comforts in Munster derby

Resilience was one of the key components in Cork City’s title challenge last season and, to judge by their last-gasp equaliser at the Showgrounds last Saturday, it’s a quality they have retained for the new campaign.

But if that draw with Sligo Rovers must have felt almost like a victory to John Caulfield and his men, they know that tonight, the real thing will be expected of them as they host Limerick in the first league game of 2015 at Turner’s Cross.

Not that the hosts will be complacent, having lost out on penalties to their rivals following a 3-3 draw in their recent Munster Senior Cup clash. But there was absolutely nothing for Martin Russell’s men to cheer about on their debut outing in the league last weekend as they slumped to a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Bohemians at Jackman Park.