Frank Flannery will find himself "double jobbing" in the early part of 2016 after Oulart-The Ballagh finally ended their long wait for a Leinster club SHC title yesterday.

The Carrigtwohill man was recently appointed as Cork's new hurling coach, but won't be able to commit fully to that role until after Oulart's involvement in the All-Ireland club championship ends. They will face Na Piarsaigh in the All-Ireland semi-final in February, with the winners progressing to the final on St. Patrick's Day.

Speaking to Newstalk after Oulart's Leinster final win over Cuala yesterday, full back Keith Rossiter joked how new Cork manager Kieran Kingston would have to bide his time before having full access to Flannery.

"Any of the coaches that we came up with over the last 10 years won county finals and got to Leinster finals, they were just very unlucky really," the former Wexford star said.

"We had a lot of guys, we had (current Wexford manager) Liam Dunne and Martin Storey over us, Pat Herbert and Brendan O'Connor, we had a lot of good men and just couldn't make the breakthrough. Frank brought a different outlook to it, lads give out about the Cork style, the short passing, but it worked for us in the second half.

"We're delighted to have Frank and poor Cork won't have him for January or February now, thanks be to God. Mr. Kingston has another little battle on his hands there!"

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