Cork's worst ever All-Ireland final capitulation defies rational explanation
Victors by ten points over Tipperary in the National League final, fifteen points to the good when the teams clashed in the group stage of the Munster championship, and six points up (1-16 to 0-13) at the end of a first-half they hadn't dominated in last Sunday's All-Ireland final.
Although flattered by the half-time scoreline, there was good cause to believe Cork had laid the foundations for victory and would justify their rating as warm favourites if they began to perform a tad closer to their full potential in the second-half.
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