It was confirmed over the weekend that Cork senior hurling manager Pat Ryan would not be seeking another year in the job.

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The Sarsfield club man was speaking to the Irish Examiner and wouldn’t you know it, he confirmed that the rumours that were going around about a half-time bust up were pure BS!

No surprises here really and it’s amazing what people will believe from a fake screenshot of a WhatsApp.

Speaking to Marty Morrissey on RTÉ Radio 1’s Sunday Sport, Ryan was emphatic. “Absolutely not. Why would we be having a blazing row when we were six points up? I don’t even know where that started from. I went back to work on the Thursday and the lads were telling me about this.

“It’s totally disrespectful for the players involved. There were names mentioned. It’s desperate for those things to be done to amateur players, for their names to be castigated like that.”

He added: “Maybe if we had had a row, we might have come out of it better off.”

Pat Ryan also confirmed that the decision to cancel the homecoming was made weeks ago if they did happen to lose to Tipperary.