Waterford defender Noel Connors is gearing himself up for a physical encounter against Dublin in Sunday's All-Ireland SHC quarter-final.

The men from the capital will provide the opposition as the Deise attempt to bounce back from their Munster final disappointment at the hands of Tipperary.

"Okay, they [Dublin] didn't show up the second day against Galway, I think they alluded to that quite a bit, in the press," the 2010 All-Star remarked to The Irish Times.

"The first 10 minutes was just the horror of where you kind of fall asleep. And Galway, being Galway, capitalised on it.

"But then Dublin showed their pure aggression and pure steel against Limerick. That's a Limerick team who were within a score of being in an All-Ireland final.

"So you have to look at Dublin that way, putting that up, against one of the best teams in the country, and coming out the better end of it.

"And Ger Cunningham coming into it has brought something different, and you can see the kind of style of hurling Dublin are playing. They're very robust, extremely fit and physical, and I think they use their strengths extremely, extremely well.

"And they have a fantastic panel there, which they use quite well."

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