Cork manager Brian Cuthbert says the referee will be "very important" in Sunday's All-Ireland quarter-final against Mayo.

The Rebels are coming up against a side that has reached the last two All-Ireland finals and annexed four successive Nestor Cups, leading the Cork boss to label them as "streetwise".

"I think the referee's going to be very important in this game," Cuthbert notes in The Irish Examiner.

"I wouldn't want to paint our fellas as naive young fellas but certainly they're up against a team that's extremely streetwise. Every manager wants their team to be like that.

"They've been around the block and they know how to play the game. I think they're very sure of how they want to play and they're a difficult team to play against, to be honest.

"This year lots of teams have caused them problems and I'd be hopeful that if we can get enough ball we can cause them some problems as well." Tweet

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