Cork to cope with pressure in Croker cauldron

Earlier this week, hurling greats Nicky English, Eddie Brennan and Donal O’Grady sat down with Eoghan Cormican to pore over the game’s "most unpredictable" fixture

Eoghan Cormican: Which side carries greater momentum, Cork having ended their barren run in Munster or Tipperary following three wins on the hop in the qualifiers?

Donal O’Grady: The Munster final was five weeks ago and the momentum from that victory is gone. Tipperary’s last two games were against Dublin and Offaly and they wouldn’t have been a huge help to them. It did allow them to get back on track, however. You probably could say Tipperary have the momentum given the run of matches they have had of late. I expect Cork will be rusty out of the blocks, but as long as you don’t allow your mind-set to be affected by talk of the length of time to your last championship game then you won’t lose ground.