Red warning for Rebel tie from Mickey

MICKEY HARTE knows fear will not be a factor when Cork size up his Tyrone side this weekend.

The two counties were drawn together in the round 4 of the All Ireland qualifiers, with a place in the inaugural super 8s the prize at stake.

It will be only the third time that the two counties have met in Championship football, with Tyrone yet to record a win.

Harte (above) said: “Traditionally, over the past decade or more, they have a very good record against us.

“We always found them a difficult team to deal with, so we have to be very conscious of our record against them. It wouldn’t be pretty, and we know this is the all-important game.

“Cork always feel good meeting Tyrone. The last time we met in Championship was 2009 in an All-ireland semi-final, and we were going very well at that time, on the back of the previous year’s All-ireland.

“They put us to the sword that day, and we still had a lot of our team of the noughties there, and Cork didn’t fear us in any shape or form.

“I think that will give them confidence. They don’t see

Tyrone as a team that they can’t handle, and that’s the challenge for us – we have to meet them knowing that that’s their mentality.”