Pat Ryan: Cork are under no illusions about how good Dublin are

Ryan knows all too well the threat that Niall Ó Ceallacháin’s team pose having faced them in last year’s All-Ireland quarter-final and also having seen them produce a stunning performance to defeat Limerick just two weeks ago.

FOCUSSED: Cork manager Pat Ryan. Pic: ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne.

“Anything else?” asks Pat Ryan at the end of his half-an-hour long press conference on Tuesday, but he has already been more than generous with his time.

You wouldn’t know it from listening to the relaxed Cork manager that his side were just a few days from an All-Ireland senior hurling semi-final where, despite facing a talented Dublin side in their own backyard at Croke Park, all the pressure will be on the heavily fancied Rebels to win.