Cork 1-14
Mayo 1-11
CORK PRODUCED A stunning revival to defeat Mayo and clinch second place in their group, along with a home preliminary quarter-final next weekend.
Tommy Conroy’s 57th minute goal put Mayo 1-11 to 0-8 clear but they remarkably failed to score again.
Substitute Steven Sherlock inspired Cork, netting from the penalty spot and finishing with 1-5 overall after being introduced as the Rebels upset Kevin McStay’s side.
The first half was a largely positive affair from Cork’s viewpoint. They frustrated Mayo by keeping them at bay and executed a series of excellent defensive turnovers before breaking at pace. Those counter-attacks yielded points from different sources – defenders Rory Maguire and Tommy Walsh, midfielder Colm O’Callaghan and forward Eoghan McSweeney, drafted in to start late on, all raising white flags from open play.
Mayo demonstrated flashes of their attacking capacity. Ryan O’Donoghue was their best forward early on, typically elusive as he struck three points, fouled himself for two of the frees he converted.
Aidan O’Shea cantered into space twelve minutes in and drilled a shot with the bottom corner of the net in mind, but Míchéal Aodh Martin’s boot diverted the ball past the post. Colm Reape confidently tapped the ’45 over the bar and intervened at the opposite end before the half was out to tip away a clipped shot by Ian Maguire. Cork had no such joy from the subsequent placed ball, Brian Hurley’s tamely-struck shot dropping harmlessly short.
It was delicately poised at the break, 0-6 to 0-5 in Cork’s favour, after a period where the teams had been level on four occasions.
More to follow…
Cork
1. Míchéal Aodh Martin (Nemo Rangers)
2. Maurice Shanley (Clonakilty), 6. Daniel O’Mahony (Knocknagree), 19. Tommy Walsh (Kanturk)
5. Luke Fahy (Ballincollig), 3. Rory Maguire (Castlehaven), 7. Mattie Taylor (Mallow)
8. Colm O’Callaghan (Éire Óg), 9. Ian Maguire (St Finbarr’s)
12. Killian O’Hanlon (Kilshannig), 13. Sean Powter (Douglas), 10. Brian O’Driscoll (Tadhg MacCarthaigh)
11. Ruairi Deane (Bantry Blues), 14. Brian Hurley (Castlehaven – captain), 21. Eoghan McSweeney (Knocknagree)
Subs
- 25. Steven Sherlock (St Finbarr’s) for Deane (inj) (41)
- 23. John O’Rourke (Carbery Rangers) for McSweeney (51)
- 22. Conor Corbett (Clyda Rovers) for Hurley (inj) (55)
- 4. Kevin O’Donovan (Nemo Rangers) for Fahy (59)
Mayo
1. Colm Reape (Knockmore)
2. Jack Coyne (Ballyhaunis), 3. David McBrien (Ballaghaderreen), 4. Padraig O’Hora (Ballina Stephenites)
7. Paddy Durcan (Castlebar Mitchels – captain), 6. Conor Loftus (Crossmolina Deel Rovers), 21. Donnacha McHugh (Castlebar Mitchels)
8. Stephen Coen (Hollymount/Carramore), 9. Matthew Ruane (Breaffy)
12. Jordan Flynn (Crossmolina Deel Rovers), 11. Jack Carney (Kilmeena), 24, Diarmuid O’Connor (Ballintubber)
13. Aidan O’Shea (Breaffy), 14. James Carr (Ardagh), 15. Ryan O’Donoghue (Belmullet)
Subs
Referee: Paul Faloon (Down)