Conor McDonald is confident that Wexford can bounce back from their Leinster SHC semi-final hammering by Kilkenny with a winning performance against Cork on Saturday.

The highly-rated young full forward believes knockout hurling can bring out the best in Liam Dunne's charges, just like it did last year when they dethroned All-Ireland champions Clare after a replay and also beat Waterford before succumbing to Limerick in the All-Ireland quarter-final.

"Well, I suppose after a defeat like what happened against Kilkenny, it is about getting everyone together, making sure everyone is on the right track, driving forward," McDonald is quoted in the Irish Times.

"Nobody wants us to go up to Nowlan Park and get beaten like that. And nobody wants to be left out of the loop, going forward. It is just basically everyone is in the same boat, going forward and getting ready for Cork.

"I think a lot of things went wrong. Lot of things went wrong but they were easily identified and easily fixed by doing the right thing, so hopefully we can put it right against Cork."

The Naomh Eanna clubman added: "In my eyes anyway it doesn't mean the year is over or we're not meeting our potential. It was only this time last year we were actually hitting our potential, this weekend coming last year when we played Clare in Cusack Park.

"Everyone was going mad about this Wexford team and the summer isn't over yet, it's only really starting with the nitty-gritty and knockout hurling. I think knockout is where we play best and hopefully we'll put it right on Saturday."

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