McLoughlin says Tipp test a major step-up for Rebels

ALLIANZ HL QUARTER-FINAL:

Tested as they were in division 1B before eventually emerging as champions, promoted back to the top level for 2015, this is now a whole new ball-game.

“If you were to compare last year (Cork were in 1A) to this year, we’d have performed well in a lot of games last year and come out on the wrong side of the result whereas this year, we’ve under-performed to a certain extent and still won games.