“There was a genuine
disdain for Cork and what
those players stood for,”
wrote Jackie Tyrrell in his
autobiography ‘The Warrior’s
Code’. “We didn’t want to
just beat Cork that day – we
wanted to trample them into
the ground like dirt.”
KILKENNY’S JACKIE TYRRELL
TAKES AIM AGAINST
CORK IN 2009ON the day that Kilkenny played Cork in the Allianz League in Nowlan Park in
2009, Kilkenny wanted to annihilate, and destroy, Cork for a reason.
Cork had just emerged from their third players strike, and the
collective Kilkenny mentality, combined with the mood
in the county towards Cork, ensured that a
ruthless and relentless machine mowed
Cork down like roadkill.
TWO TRIBES GO TO WAR...
AGAIN
BY CHRISTY O’CONNOR