Tom Kenny isn't worried about Cork's lack of big-match experience in Croke Park.

Kenny has graced GAA headquarters on numerous occasions during his 10-year Cork career, but for many of his younger team-mates, Sunday's All-Ireland hurling semi-final against Galway will be a new experience.

"We were there in the league and there was a double-header, there was a bit of a crowd so that was good for them. Some of them would have played in 2010 so they'd have seen a big crowd, but the crowd at the Cork-Waterford game in Thurles was big and vocal - that'll help them," he explained to The Irish Examiner.

"Really, what can you say to them? I know it's Croke Park but at the end of the day you're going out to play between four white lines on a pitch. We've been up there a good few times but we haven't been successful there for a while - Kilkenny beat us in 2008 and 2010 and going up Sunday we're going to look to atone for that, to take Cork back to a final.

"It's six years since we've been there and that's a long time."

The 2004 and 2005 All-Ireland winner insists the pressure is off Cork following their achievement in reaching this stage of the championship.

"Galway are Leinster champions, they had a fantastic Leinster final, but we're where we wanted to be at the start of the year, an All-Ireland semi-final, so hopefully lads can go out and play without pressure and do themselves proud," he added. Tweet

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