Cork boss Ben O’Connor says his side were “outhurled” by Galway in yesterday’s All-Ireland senior hurling championship semi-final at Croke Park.

The Leinster champions progressed to their first Liam MacCarthy Cup decider in eight years thanks to an emphatic 2-26 to 1-18 win over the Rebels who were denied a third straight final berth by the Tribesmen.

Speaking to RTE Sport after the game, O’Connor dismissed talk of the Leesiders having scar tissue when it comes to the big outings at Croker.

"That's not a true reflection of our lads. For everyone watching today, people are saying, 'Oh, Cork again.' We're better than that, but we just didn't do it today.

"This is a new bunch. Every one of them fellas came up the same as they did last year, came up to do as good as what they could today.

"It didn't happen for us. As I said, we were outworked. We were outhurled for long periods of it. And still, with 10 minutes to go, we were still in it. I suppose the last seven or eight minutes, they really took over.

"I don't care about anything else [other than] our supporters that travelled up. And the 36 fellas we've below in the dressing room. All the backroom [team]. I'm disappointed for them.

"We'll get criticism for the next couple of days. There'll be a lot of fellas who'll have all the answers. We'll get that. We'll get a few letters during the week telling us where it all went wrong. A few phone calls, a few messages. We'll take that and we'll drive on."

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