Picture: Ray McManus/SportsfileA busy year for the Rebels on the hurling front came at a costHOW many boards spent over €1m on their inter-county teams this season? They were informed that the total cost of preparing Cork teams came to almost €1.75, an increase of nearly €370,000 on the 2016 figure. The catering bill was up, too, by €50,000 to over €300,000 while other costs, including medical, gear and equipment came to €620,000, up by €140,000. There was an increase in county championship gate receipts of over €180,00 from 2016 to nearly €1.2m, while the county's national league share came to just under €110,000 in hurling and almost €43,000 in football. Thurles topped the section with a points' difference of +23 compared to the Mon's +12 and Nenagh's +4.

Source: Evening echo December 12, 2017 06:56 UTC