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Mon 07 Jul 2007Confident Cork get back in the grooveAll-Ireland SHC Qualifiers Round One/ Cork 3-20 Dublin 0-15:In the big leagues there are no kid gloves and all the lessons are short and sharp. Saturday and Cork came to Parnell Park on a sun-kissed afternoon and gave a brief but stern tutorial in championship hurling.For 20 minutes, or a little more, they pawed with Dublin and then just as the home boys were permitting themselves a little confidence Cork cut loose, shredding Dublin every which way. Ah, Cork were gorgeous and persuasive and were never really ruffled. Dublin were young.