This is one record the Cork hurlers could do without

History beckons for the Cork hurlers this weekend. But not the sort of history they'll want to be associated with.

Were Kieran Kingston's charges to come up short in Sunday's Munster SHC quarter-final, they would become the first Cork hurling team in the 128-year running of the Munster championship to go three consecutive seasons without winning a single game in the province.

The Rebels lost to Waterford on a scoreline of 3-19 to 1-20 in the 2015 Munster semi-final at Thurles, while at the same venue last year, they finished nine points adrift of Tipperary at the quarter-final juncture.