Herlihy: Semple scare will be lesson to Rebels

THEIR provincial final scare was as real as it gets. Three weeks ago the Cork Under-21s performed a great escape act, squeezing out Tipperary by a point thanks to a last-gasp goal from the unlikeliest of sources, corner-back Noel Galvin.

As they return this afternoon to the site of their Munster high drama to face Dublin in the All-Ireland semi-final, Cork selector Brian Herlihy believes the late heroics against Tipperary will stand them in good stead.

“It was a battling display to beat Tipperary. We didn’t underestimate them at all and they were a good side. I just felt it was a very tight game and we didn’t play with the looseness that we had in previous rounds.