John Meyler reckons the style of refereeing in Cork is hindering the county's chances of success at inter-county level.

Speaking during RTÉ's live coverage of yesterday's Cork SHC quarter-final double-header from Páirc Uí Rinn, which saw Glen Rovers and champions Imokilly secure wins, the former Cork hurling boss claimed: "It's refereed differently.

"Cork is refereed by the rules of the book. When I go to Thurles or matches in Kilkenny and it's a different game. They apply the rules here and that's just it. When you play in the Munster Championship it's totally different.

"I think it is [affecting Cork]. The intensity of the game, the continuity of the game, the excitement is not there. I know the conditions were poor but there were two matches here last week that were stop-start as well and there was no flow."

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