Cork's three-time All-Ireland winner Kevin Hennessy cut a forlorn figure as he left Semple Stadium on Sunday.

Having just witnessed the Leesiders overwhelmed by Tipperary in their Munster SHC opener, Hennessy felt the perfomance was as bad as he's ever seen from a Cork side:

"There was no bit of fire. We didn't give them a clatter, really, not a decent one. We were lacking and there were fellas out there who were going through the motions," he states in The Irish Examiner.

"I was very disappointed with the attitude; I thought the attitude was the worst I've ever seen. We had bad days, a lot of them, but by God we tried for every ball.

"You must go for the 70/30 ball against you, try to get there instead of stopping, giving them another 10 yards and letting them pick out their man up front.

"We were always told you play with six forwards and 15 backs. It was as vital for the corner forward block down the corner back as the other way around. Alan Cadogan did his best, in fairness to him, but he was fighting a lone battle.

"It wasn't the forwards' fault that the ball wasn't going their way but they had to defend too."

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