Talking points from Cork's courageous comeback victory over Meath
Cork's Kevin Flahive and Tommy Walsh celebrate after beating Meath. Picture: Ben McShane/Sportsfile
IN the matches before this, Cork had been inconsistent in their performances, but it all came together against the Royals on Saturday.
Even in the previous game in the three-point win over Kildare, Cork failed to fire in the first half, but all it took was a 25-minute burst after half-time to break the Lilywhites' brittle confidence.
John Cleary and his management team wouldn’t have been overly pleased with how that particular outing finished up, with Kildare kicking the last four points. They certainly finished the stronger.
But, that two-week gap, in which they went over to the exclusive Quinta do Lago resort on the Algarve for four days, returning home last Sunday, came at a good time for everyone involved.
It gave time to recharge the batteries and work on things that haven’t been going so well, and right from the off against Meath, you just knew Cork were at it, and they kept going too. Kicking the last seven points is impressive.
THE Cork’s defence has been under the spotlight in the league this season, and in one way, it has been justified, given the high number of scores that the Rebels were giving up. Even against Kildare, who are the worst team in Division 2, they got in for three goals which all should have been prevented.
The Leinster side have some dangerous forwards, including the likes of Eoghan Frayne, and Shane Walsh, and while they did have their moments, they were kept away from having clear-cut goal chances . Matthew Costello did score 1-1 in a minute midway through the second half, but he was kept relatively quiet otherwise.
RUNNING out of superlatives to describe the Clyda Rovers man. He was player of the match against Meath, kicking 1-3, all from play.
He caused problems throughout for the Meath rearguard. Corbett has everything, and it’s so heartening to see him play so well over the last few weeks, after his problems with injuries.
IT was only four weeks ago when Cork lost at home to Cavan, which left them without any points after three games.
Relegation looked a high possibility. But, all of a sudden, three wins on the bounce and safety is now secured with a game to spare. Not sure many people would have seen that coming. Many were expecting it to go down to the final day against Armagh.
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