Cork boss Ben O’Connor says his side will learn a lot from the first defeat of their Allianz Hurling League campaign at the hands of Limerick on Saturday night.

The Rebels fell to a 3-19 to 0-20 loss at the TUS Gaelic Grounds, where goals from Shane O’Brien, Cathal O’Neill and Aidan O’Connor (penalty) made the difference for the hosts.

Speaking to media after the game, O’Connor said that the loss will act as a learning experience for a lot of the younger players in his squad.

“We found it hard to get a foothold, they took over in the middle third and it took us a while to get to grips with,” he is quoted saying by EchoLive.ie.

“But when we did, our fellas battled back again and we had the few that had to go off with injuries, Dáire (O’Leary) and Eoin Roche. We'll learn a lot from it.

“Disappointed we didn't get goal chances, they'll come another day. A learning experience for a lot of our fellas that wouldn't have had that kind of a game under their belt.

“I think we learned enough of them tonight to see that we have plenty fellas good enough to play at this level.”

He added: “We have Offaly in two weeks’ time and we'll look after our own side of things again. It’s in our hands, we’ll be going out to win that, and if we do, we are guaranteed a league final.

“If we were told that at the start of the year that we’d have only have been beaten in one game and only have to win one more game to get into a league final, we’d have taken that.”

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