Cork should be wary of Galway kick in Thurles

Henry Shefflin's Galway will be hurting from their Leinster final loss to Brian Cody's Kilkenny, but had been in fine form leading up to that loss.

Galway's Conor Whelan. ©INPHO/Bryan Keane

As the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship quarter-finals kick off this weekend in Thurles, Galway and Cork face off in the first of what promises to be a very competitive double-header.

Cork come into the game in relatively good fettle, having finished strongly in the Munster Championship, beating Tipperary and Waterford after opening losses to Limerick and Clare.