Cork selector doesn't mince words while challenging Rebels to rise to occasion in Munster final rematch vs Limerick
WAYNE Sherlock knows Cork must prevail in the hunger games when they face Limerick in the second instalment of a potential trilogy.
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Cork lost 3-26 to 1-16 last time out against Limerick
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Wayne Sherlock is hoping they can end Limerick's reign of dominance
It may not be the last they see of each other either, as both sides will then turn their attention to making it to Croke Park for All-Ireland final day.
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Cork selector Sherlock said: 'We have no All-Irelands, they have five. They're going for seven Munsters, a lot of our fellas have none.
'Realistically, how can they be hungrier than us? It can't be possible.
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'We're going up to play them on their home patch.
'They're probably going to go down as one of the greatest teams ever to play the game.
'If you're not at it for this, you probably shouldn't go up there. But one thing we can guarantee the Cork fans is that we'll definitely be better than the last day.'
Given that there had been no more than a puck of a ball between the teams in their five previous meetings, another close encounter was anticipated in last month's round-robin showdown.
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But Sherlock admits that Cork's 'attitude could have been better' as they were trounced by a Limerick outfit who had an axe to grind with the team who condemned them to two Championship losses in 2024.
The 1999 All-Star defender said: 'We just knew we can't be off the pace.
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"We're a 100 per cent team. If we take our foot off the throttle, we're an average team.
'But when we're going full tilt and we're at it, I think we'll beat anyone.'
On the back of their first NHL triumph since 1998, Cork entered the Championship as odds-on favourites to end a 20-year All-Ireland drought.
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Sherlock, a member of the victorious 2005 side, said: 'I think people want us to fail. How can you say Cork are going to win the All-Ireland after winning a league final?
'We're around long enough not to fall for it. But was that the reason we played like that against Limerick, that we were thinking we were just going to beat them? It wasn't, 100 per cent.'
The Blackrock man also believes the lure of provincial medals is 'the same as it always was'.
He added: 'I'd say our fellas who don't have them would do anything to get their hands on one.'
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