Replying To 32_4_1: "It's the structures and style they now have in place, baring fruition. Surely it's clear to see? There seems to be an anti Cork element in the country in general though. If you give them any credit, people jump in and do their best to put them down or play it down.
Still, no one has addressed this. If people are honest with themselves, when Cork catch fire, has the game of hurling ever been played so pure or "beautiful"? Lightning pace, technical skill, fluid movement, silky skill etc. The last "real" hurling county no? As they used to say, the great "stickmen".
A special culture in Cork hurling, people going to deny that too? Separate to the rest of the country. They play a certain way, and stick to that, no matter what. Real hurling!"
They were silky and fluid in 18 but completely died out in the last ten minutes of an All Ireland Semi Final. Has the same being happening this team.