Gardiner urges busy Rebels to raise game again

HECTIC. That’s the first word that leaps to John Gardiner’s mind when you ask about the last few weeks for the Cork hurling camp.

“Three weeks in-a-row, and tough enough games. It’s been hectic. It’s good to have a break, the Dublin game was tougher than we expected and we weren’t as fresh going into the Galway game as we’d thought.

“Having three competitive games was very demanding, and we also trained very hard the week of the Dublin game, and that’s no disrespect to Dublin, we tried to keep it ticking over for the Galway game, with recovery and pool sessions and so on.”