BAPTISM OF FIRE AWAITS THE MAN FROM BALLYNOE

The strike is over, a unanimous choice for manager has been made and finally after all the off the field distractions the Cork senior hurling panel can get on with the task at hand, namely winning matches.

After losses to Dublin, Tipperary and Galway the Rebels got their first points of the Allianz National Hurling League campaign with back to back wins over Clare and Limerick but remain second from bottom in the first division after 5 matches. Enter Denis Walsh.

The Ballynoe man was an outside bet for the manager’s post vacated by Gerald McCarthy but is far from an unpopular choice and the former St Catherines and Kildorrery player, who has coached St. Catherines in hurling and the Waterford senior football side will have the entire county willing him to succeed.

The former dual star, who won both football and hurling All-Ireland titles twice in his time as a defender, was officially unveiled as Cork manager last Monday and this weekend has the unenviable task of taking to the helm in time for a crunch game with Brian Cody’s all-conquering Kilkenny side.

This Sunday’s fixture at Nowlan Park will be followed by the final tie of the first round of the league against Waterford, and then preparations for this summer’s championship.

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