Into the great wide open

DONAL O’GRADY is confident Cork can mount a stronger challenge and achieve greater consistency in next Saturday’s Guinness All-Ireland hurling championship semi-final replay against Wexford in Croke Park.

While the Cork manager believes the drawn game will benefit his team, he admits the weekend tie will be unknown territory for them.

"It's a new situation and you don't know how you are going to go," he commented. "There isn't much time, but both teams are in the same boat. This was our first match in a long time so that possibly will stand to us. At least we're going back to the same venue and the experience of playing there will probably stand to us."