Anthony Nash was disappointed by former colleagues' criticism of the Rebel County following their All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Tipperary last year.

The Cork captain says he would never round on his former team-mates in the media:

"A few lads that we would have played with came out with comments. I was disappointed with that because I would have togged out beside them in the dressing room and it's easy to criticise. I hope when I retire that I won't criticise players that have played," he says in The Irish Independent.

"Even our own people in Kanturk, you got a few comments, Facebook and Twitter and things like that which isn't nice to hear. The true supporters would never do that, they know we're always going out to put in 100 per cent. It's something in the game, it's in every game.

"When we won Munster we were going to win an All-Ireland and when we lost to Tipperary, we were the worst team that Cork had ever seen.

"Next thing the County Board were being picked apart, the players were being picked apart, that we haven't won an underage game in how long all of a sudden. And that's after not winning one game.

"After we'd won Munster we were the best thing since sliced pan. It's a tough balance but we know we're a good team when we play well and work hard, as are any other county.

"It was tough for a few weeks after, there's no point saying otherwise, but hopefully we won't put ourselves in that position again People are allowed to say what they want, people are entitled to opinions and if that's the worst thing said about us, we'll be okay."

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