Cork footballers pose for a team photo in Páirc Uí Rinn before suffering a 20-point defeat to Meath last Sunday – they headed off to Portugal on Tuesday for warm weather training camp, something which other teams from so-called big counties will also be doing this spring. Seb Daly/Sportsfile
Cork footballers had plenty to reflect on as they travelled to Portugal today to set up a training camp for the week.
Having been hit for 1-31 by Derry on Sunday – the highest giveaway of any team in the 80 games played across all four divisions so far – one suspects that defence will be an early priority in the plush surrounds of the Quinta do Lago resort.