Cork forward Shane Kingston says nobody has a guaranteed place within the panel, with a new era having now commenced in the Rebel County under Ben O'Connor.

With the retired Patrick Horgan no longer part of the Leesiders’ squad, Kingston (28) is now one of its most experienced players, alongside Damien Cahalane and Seamus Harnedy, and will be keen to lead by example in the forthcoming season.

However, the Douglas clubman knows that no one’s place on new manager O’Connor’s panel is guaranteed.

“Nobody has a guaranteed place on any panel,” Kingston told EchoLive.ie after Cork’s one-point loss to UCC in the Canon O’Brien Cup on Sunday.

“As Ben was saying, people will be in different form, fellas getting injured, so it's up to every fella to be driving on as much as they can and staying injury-free.

“There's nobody guaranteed, no matter how long you're here, but it's a great environment to be in and everybody's champing at the bit every training session. We're getting the most out of every session and every time we're together, which is great. 

“Hoggie's obviously gone, but there's no guarantee anyone's going to start the coming year as well. We're looking forward to getting these games under our belt, the Munster league games, and then into the league. It all comes around fairly quick, then.”

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