Hard to see past three in-a-row seeking Clare

Cork playing away from home, written off in all quarters and coming face-to-face with a side laden with senior talent.

Sound familiar?

Pat Kenneally’s charges were branded virtual no-hopers ahead of their semi-final away to Waterford, the Déise men boasting 10 members of Derek McGrath’s panel, and the Rebels are once again being dismissed entering the decider against Clare.