Munster Council chairman Jimmy O'Gorman believes the attendance at Sunday week's Munster SFC final will exceed 20,000, despite Kerry's absence from the province's showpiece game. The Waterford man admitted that the Cork-Limerick decider was not as appealing to supporters as the traditional Cork-Kerry Munster final, but he still expects over 20,000 to pass through the Pairc Ui Chaoimh turnstiles. "We're not denying the fact that we'd be expecting a bigger crowd if Cork and Kerry were playing in the (Munster) final," O'Gorman said. "But we're still hopeful that Cork and Limerick will attract a crowd in excess of 20,000 at the game. "I think at the replay between Cork and Kerry that Cork had their biggest following in a very long time. I feel that a considerable number of Cork GAA followers believe that their football team has an awful lot of potential, and that it is one of the best to come out of the county in a long time. "As well as the players who have been around for a good while, a number of very promising younger players have broken into the team, so I think the future for Cork football is very bright. And while Cork did very well to get over Kerry, Limerick had a great win in their semi-final over Tipperary, who had done so well in the league. "Limerick didn't have a great league campaign, but Mickey Ned's (O'Sullivan) was obviously putting his main focus on the championship." Tweet

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