Cork captain Mark Coleman has explained how some hard conversations after the Limerick and Clare defeats helped to turn their season around.
In the third year of the provincial round robin format, Cork became the first team in Munster or Leinster to progress to the knockout stages after losing their opening two matches as they overturned the comprehensive League final loss to Waterford before going to Thurles and inflicting their biggest defeat on Tipperary for 80 years.
The level of performance over the last two Sundays has been far removed from what was served up in the opening two rounds and Coleman admitted that a frank airing of views was held after the Clare defeat.
