Seán Óg Ó hAilpín believes playing "marquee games" at some of the best stadiums in the country will suit Cork this summer.

The Rebels suffered a poor Allianz Hurling League campaign which saw them having to defeat Waterford to avoid relegation last month but their former All-Ireland winning captain expects them to bounce back in the coming months.  

"If you went off the league you'd say they'd struggle to get into the top three teams who in this format go through," Ó hAilpín is quoted saying by the Irish Independent.

"On league form, they'd be lucky to get that third spot. But I actually think Cork will go well. I'd be confident they will be one of the three to go through (from the Munster round-robin). On what basis? On the basis, in the GAA year there are two seasons, the season of muck and sh*te and the season of hard ground where the weather will get better.

"Playing the marquee games in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Thurles, Croke Park which I think is more suited to this Cork team than playing in Wexford Park on a dreary Sunday afternoon in February getting horsed out of it by 15 or 16-stone guys."

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