Cork hurling manager Kieran Kingston says his side learned a lot from last night Allianz League final defeat to Waterford and are now looking forward to the championship’s start.

The Rebels fell to a 4-20 to 1-23 defeat at the hands of the Deise men at Semple Stadium and now the focus for Kingston’s men switched to the Munster SHC opener with Limerick in two weeks’ time.

"It's not back to the drawing board after one game," he told RTE Sport after the final whistle in Thurles.

"If we'd lost to Kilkenny last week by a point, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

"We'll take a lot from the league, we learned a lot from (the final), obviously, and we'll learn a lot from the season.”

He added: “Sometimes you learn more when you lose than you do when you win. Now, the pre-Leaving is over. We've got to press the 'reset' button and get ready for the Leaving Cert - starting off in two weeks' time."

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