Downey and O'Donoghue had no fears of Cork's resolve in extra time

“When we went into the dressing room there were a couple of lads with their heads down, who might have been feeling they could have done more to hold on, but we said, ‘lads, forget about it now, it’s just another quarter, you just have to empty the tank now’."

Cork's Robert Downey celebrates at the final whistle with Damien Cahalane

Cork defenders Rob Downey and Sean O’Donoghue were confident that their side could prevail in extra time in Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final clash with Kilkenny.

Adrian Mullen’s late goal levelled the game but O’Donoghue said Cork refocused quickly.