Ethan Twomey insists Cork aren’t looking beyond tomorrow’s All-Ireland SHC preliminary quarter-final against Offaly.

The Rebels blasted 5-28 past the newly-crowned Joe McDonagh Cup champions in Round 4 of the Allianz League and are the hottest of favourites to progress to a quarter-final meeting with Dublin on Saturday week.

“We watched the game on Saturday and Offaly were very good. They got a few lovely goals and they have some top-class forwards,” the St Finbarr’s clubman told gaa.ie at this week’s All-Ireland SHC launch.

“You could see that with their U20s they have massive confidence in the county at the moment and they bring massive crowds to the matches who seem to be their 16th man.

“They're a very passionate hurling team, so we won't be taking them for granted at all. It's in their home ground and earlier this year we went away to Waterford and lost there, so we'll have to go there fully focused because it will be a massive challenge for us.”

He added: “We have a bit of momentum alright with the last two wins and hopefully we can keep it going on Saturday but it will be a massive test and we're hoping there will be a big Cork support up there because you really feel it when you have support behind you.”

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