CORK hurling manager Ben O’Connor reflected on his side’s defeat to Galway in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship semi-final.

Cork simply had no answer for Galway in the second half where they were outscored 1-14 to 0-5 in the second half and in the end the Tribesmen cruised to an eleven point win in the All-Ireland SHC semi-final.

After defeats in the 2024 and 2025 All-Ireland hurling final, this result comes as a real set back for Cork but they can have no complaints Galway were full value for their win.

“I suppose every one of them came up, the same as they did last year, came up to do as good as what they could today and it didn't happen for us,” said Cork manager Ben O’Connor.

“As I said, we were out-worked and we were out-hurled for long periods of it, and still, with ten minutes to go, we were still in it – the last seven or eight minutes, they really took over.”

“We've been meeting three, four, five nights a week since last September. I'm disappointed for them. A lot of people don't realise the time and effort that goes in – I'm looking at it with my Cork glasses on, it’s the same for every other county.”

“There’ll be a lot of fellas who will have all the answers and we'll get that. We’ll get a few letters during the week telling us where we’re all going wrong, we’ll get a few phone calls, a few messages. We'll take that and we'll drive on,” concluded O’Connor.