Cork players were getting sick in dressing room before Dublin match

Darragh Fitzgibbon of Cork, PwC GAA/GPA Player of the Month for May in hurling, with his award at PwC offices in Cork. Photo: Seb Daly/Sportsfile Darragh Fitzgibbon has revealed that a number of Cork hurlers were “getting sick before the match” in the build-up to their All-Ireland SHC quarter-final with Dublin last weekend. The Charleville man explained how a bug had swept through the camp before the Semple Stadium clash and disrupted their preparations, ruling Rob Downey out and hitting the likes of star forward Alan Connolly.

Fitzgibbon said a number of the squad who took to the field in Thurles had been struggling. “That was a thing that kind of went under the radar last Saturday,” Fitzgibbon said as he was named PwC GAA/GPA Hurler of the Month for May. “There was a bug in our camp and obviously Rob couldn’t play.

But there were a couple of other guys in the dressing room who were actually getting sick before the match. A couple of guys had been up all night as well. “It was testament to the players who were able to play and who stepped in and did a job to the best of their abilities.

That made the result pleasing as well because it was just a matter of trying to win the game and get on to the next one. “Alan was feeling unwell too. Alan was probably feeling unwell even before the Offaly game.

He’s had a bit of a rough run of it. A lot has been made by some people of Alan’s last couple of performances but it won’t affect him. He’s another guy who.