Rebels must hit new heights, claims Fraggie

CORK will need to play better than they did when wiping the Semple Stadium floor with Tipperary if they are to overcome Kilkenny on Sunday.

That’s the verdict of Kieran ‘Fraggie’ Murphy, although it goes without saying that the hard-working Sarsfields team captain doesn’t use the term “wiping the floor” when referring to the success against the Premier.

That is exactly what the Rebels did though, having been written off in most quarters prior to the outing, following a poor showing in the league final. Very few pundits are giving them much of a chance of derailing Kilkenny en route to an historic fifth All-Ireland in a row either and Murphy says that even a repeat of that display in Thurles will not be sufficient.