Tyrrell blasts Cork culture after 'shambolic' defensive display

Nine-time All-Ireland winner Jackie Tyrrell has blasted Cork's "naive" and "disjointed" defensive display in their heavy loss to Limerick in their Munster championship in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday.

After a dream start, with Shane Kingston burying a goal inside the first 20 seconds, Cork once again shipped a double-digit defeat to Limerick, in a game which ultimately closely resembled last year's All-Ireland final.

The wearingly familiar defeat followed a largely encouraging league campaign, in which Cork won five of seven games, reaching a first decider since 2015.

However, Sunday's crushing loss, coming on top of the defeat to Waterford a fortnight ago in Semple Stadium, has obliterated any sense that the team are making progress, according to Tyrrell.

"They did seem to be building some blocks (in the league), but by God, those blocks came tumbling down on Sunday," Tyrrell said on the RTÉ GAA podcast. "The Limerick green monster just drove straight through them.

"For Cork players, management and supporters, how do they pick up the pieces because the definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over again.

"They were so naive at the back. They were left so exposed in the All-Ireland final last year.

"They came back, had a really competitive league, did a lot of good things. Their defence seemed to be a bit more aggressive. I know it was the league and it wasn't Limerick's strongest team but physically they took them on (in the Gaelic Grounds) and really went at them. They hunted in packs and you said things are looking good.

"Then you go to the league final and you see that defence falling apart completely. You look at Tim O'Mahony and Mark Coleman, the questions that were raised about them.

"What did they do in two