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24th August 2018
07:56am BST

Murray was unhappy with the pace of his charges’ play, especially in the first half against Tipp but is unconcerned by the unusual absence of a goal threat against a packed defence, opining that with the strength of the Kilkenny rearguard, Cork will need to be sharp with their shooting from further out to prevail.
“I’m not overly happy to be honest, I’m quite annoyed with certain things. I think we’ve two big weeks in front of us. I’m looking at getting to the level we need to be at and I’m annoyed with a lot of things “I thought our tempo was poor at times, I thought our workrate was poor at times and you win nothing moving around the pitch like that. “I watched Kilkenny in pieces of the first game – there’s no goals going in against Kilkenny with that defence, the way they’re playing. Their defence seems to be better than it was the last couple of years, so we’re not going to score goals.”He played down the chances of either Cork or Kilkenny managing to pull a rabbit out of the hat, with both sides having met so often, competing in a third consecutive All-Ireland Final and fourth in five seasons, and also crossed swords in the last two National League deciders. “I don’t think there’s any more surprises. Unless Rena comes back!” said Murray with a smile, in reference to last year’s All-Ireland-winning captain Rena Buckley, who announced her retirement prior to the commencement of the Championship.
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