Cork rumour mill doesn't bother Rebel stars, insists Downey

The Glen Rovers man is preparing for a 'do-or-die' clash with the Blackpool outfit this weekend.

LOCAL HEROES: Pictured at the launch of the championship season with Clubber are Rob Downey (Glen Rovers, Cork), Darragh Corcoran (Ballyhale Shamrocks, Kilkenny), Brian Stack (St. Brigid's, Roscommon) and Eimear McGrath (Drom & Inch, Tipperary) alongside Jimmy Doyle (Clubber TV). Clubber is covering live championship matches for 15 county boards this season, with over 2,000 live matches set to be streamed this year. To find out more, and to get your Clubber subscription, visit clubber.ie

It's getting up on seven weeks since Rob Downey and Cork made for the Croke Park exits, shoulders burdened and lowered.

Very few, outside of Galway at least, had envisaged an All-Ireland semi-final defeat for Cork. Certainly not a shellacking.