Rory Noonan

For Tiffany Nwaedozie, it all started with a surprise. “I used to be really slow,” she says with a smile. “But then in first class I had an epiphany and suddenly I was really fast.” It was at Star of the Sea NS in Passage West, under the encouragement of teachers Ms Aileen Hunter and Ms Celine Hyde, that the spark was first lit. A maiden appearance at primary school city sports led to an unlikely win, the first ever from her school, followed quickly by another the following year.

When it comes to All-Ireland knockout games, be it a quarter-final, semi or final, the only thing that matters is winning. You can talk about stats and scorelines and how Cork dominated from start to finish, but before the game, if you asked those involved, would they take a one or two-point win and move on, they would. But this was as comprehensive a win as you could get from a Cork side that dominated from start to finish.

A game where Cork were never challenged as the Rebels dominated from one to 15, as well as the subs that came on. Patrick Collins: Didn’t have a lot to do all through, bar pick the ball out of the net twice. But at that, he couldn’t be faulted for either goal. His puck-outs were much better than the Munster final as he consistently found Cork players to set up telling attacks.