Eoghan Cormican

Cork got there eventually. They should have got there sooner. Their inability to do so lengthened and extended an enthralling Munster minor final spectacle. Critical observations such as that contained in the opening paragraph will be kept to a minimum. This marathon night was not for finding fault. The enjoyment was too much. All credit to the kids in both corners for the panicked theatre they plated up.

THE questions David Burke was asking of himself were without base. The self-criticism made no sense. Introspection is a necessary exercise when repeatedly falling short of the Hogan Stand steps. In this instance, though, the introspection seemed unnecessarily harsh. Subscribe to access all of the Irish Examiner. Annual €130€80 Best value Monthly €12€6 / month 

One of those results that not even the cutest among us could succeed in playing down. A result to be hoisted up and drank from. A result to lift and relaunch Cork football. Rare occasions are a crowd of 6,223 rattling the hinges of Páirc Uí Rinn in organic celebration at a Cork football victory. Even rarer again are Cork football victories coming along in packs of four.