Cork's dispiriting defeat to Galway yesterday in the All-Ireland senior hurling quarter-finals has provoked plenty of soul-searching about the county's prospects.

And some of that will certainly come at underage level. An All-Ireland has eluded them at U21 level since 1998 and their Minor droughts stretches back to 2001.

But even at provincial level, there appear to be problems especially when their record is compared to rivals ...