We must cope with growing Clare confidence

Jimmy Barry- Murphy expects Clare to be more confident this season after their All- Ireland title in 2013.

Speaking ahead of tomorrow’s eagerly- awaited Munster SHC semi-final clash with the Banner, the Cork manager said: “It’s a long time ago now but, even when I was playing you always felt if you won the All-Ireland, the confidence grew from that — the same for Kilkenny and other teams. That’s what I’d be afraid of with Clare, they’re a young team and should be able to grow in confidence from that win. The test for us will come on Sunday, to see if we can cope with that.”

Cork have two games with Waterford under their belt, but the Corkman doesn’t see that as an obvious advantage.