Details
Date | Time | Competition | Season |
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19 June 2022 | 2:00 pm | All Ireland Senior Championship | 2022 |
Match Report
SFC: Cork hold off Donegal challenge
Doireann O'Sullivan scored 1-5 as Cork withstood a second half comeback to get their TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship campaign off to a winning start with victory over Donegal in Clane.
BY GER MCCARTHY
Fresh from their Munster final success, Shane Ronayne’s side picked up a merited Group D victory thanks to a terrific first half performance.
Donegal bit back in the second half however, outscoring their opponents eight points to three. It still wasn’t enough to prevent a Cork victory at the end of a scrappy encounter.
An explosive start saw Libby Coppinger split the posts with Cork’s first attack. Orla Finn and Yvonne Bonner found the net at either end immediately after, to cap off a cracking early period.
Ciara O’Sullivan and Laura O’Mahony efforts stretched Cork’s lead prior to Meabh O’Sullivan producing two saves of the highest quality to deny Donegal.
Cork dominated the remainder of the half with Ciara O’Sullivan setting up her sister Doireann for a well-taken 9th minute goal.
Geraldine McLaughlin and Karen Guthrie (free) scores were Donegal’s only replies before going in at half-time, 2-9 to 1-2 behind.
A disappointing third quarter failed to produce a score from open play. Donegal used a succession of Geraldine McLaughlin and Karen Guthrie frees to eat into their opponent’s lead and there was only a goal in it with 10 minutes left to play.
Meabh Cahalane and Nicole McLaughlin were sin-binned in the closing stages where three Doireann O’Sullivan scores helped Cork win it out.
Timeline
Libby Coppinger | 1' | |
Orla Finn | 1' | |
2' | Yvonne Bonner | |
Ciara O'Sullivan | 3' | |
Laura O'Mahony | 5' | |
Aine O'Sullivan | 10' | |
Doireann O'Sullivan | 12' | |
Doireann O'Sullivan | 16' | |
Orla Finn | 17' | |
Doireann O'Sullivan | 22' | |
23' | Geraldine McLaughlin | |
25' | Karen Guthrie | |
Sarah Leahy | 30' | |
Ciara O'Sullivan | 32' | |
33' | Karen Guthrie | |
34' | Geraldine McLaughlin | |
38' | Karen Guthrie | |
Marie Ambrose Meabh Cahalane |
39' | |
Doireann O'Sullivan | 41' | |
47' | Geraldine McLaughlin | |
Aine O'Sullivan Eimear Scally |
48' | |
48' | Geraldine McLaughlin | |
Libby Coppinger Katie Quirke |
49' | |
50' | Karen Guthrie | |
53' | Niamh McLaughlin | |
Meabh Cahalane | 54' | |
55' | Geraldine McLaughlin | |
Aisling Hutchings Rachel Leahy |
56' | |
Doireann O'Sullivan | 60' | |
60' | Nicole McLaughlin | |
Doireann O'Sullivan | 66' |
Ground
Clane GAA Club |
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Conneff Park, Clane ED, The Municipal District of Clane — Maynooth, County Kildare, Leinster, W91 X253, Ireland |