Tipperary ladies put to the sword by Cork in final round of All-Ireland group stages

Lidl Ladies All-Ireland Football Championship - Round 3

Tipperary 2-3

Cork 8-12

Cork went on a goalscoring rampage to confidently march into the TG4 All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals following a one-sided defeat of Tipperary in Clonakilty last Saturday.

Seven different players found the net for Cork as Tipperary were blown away by an early goal blitz from Shane Ronayne’s side.
The Rebels put the memory of a disappointing Galway defeat behind them and hit Tipperary for eight goals en route to claiming a place in the last eight of this year’s senior championship.

It was a real show of strength from Cork as they got their championship campaign firmly back on track. Five goals inside the opening quarter did the damage as Eimear Kiely, Máire O’Callaghan, Orlaith Cahalane, Anna Ryan and Daire Kiely (penalty) found the net.

Overcoming the loss of Eimear Kiely to injury, Cork led 5-8 to 1-3 at the break with a brace of points from Emma Morrissey brace and 1-1 from Aishling Moloney all Tipperary had to show.

The loss of Ciara O’Sullivan to a red card and Anna Ryan for a 10-minute sin-binning saw Cork reduced to 13 players after the restart.

And when Moloney got in for her second goal for Tipperary, there was a hint of a revival from the visitors in Clonakilty.

But Cork regrouped and easily saw out the victory and their safe passage to the quarter-finals of this season’s race for the TG4 All-Ireland title.

Second-half substitutes Dara Kiniry and Bríd O’Sullivan found the net and Anna Ryan got her second goal of the game as Cork pushed for home and wrapped up an emphatic victory with very little fuss in the end.

Scorers: Tipperary: A Moloney (2-1, 1-0f), E Morrissey 0-2.

Cork: A Ryan 2-0, D Kiely (1-1, 1-0 pen), H Looney 0-4, E Kiely, M O’Callaghan, O Cahalane, D Kiniry, B O’Sullivan 1-0 each, D O’Sullivan (0-3, 0-2f), A Ring, E Cleary, C O’Sullivan, L O’Mahony 0-1 each.

Tipperary: Lauren Fitzpatrick; Elaine Kelly, Lucy Spillane; Emma Cronin; Maria Curley, Laura Morrissey, Cliona O’Dwyer; Emma Morrissey, Laura Dillon; Sarah English, Katelyn Downey, Clara English; Angela McGuigan, Niamh Martin, Aishling Moloney.

Subs used: Aine Delaney for C English (37), Sarah Ryan for L Morrissey (40), Nell Spillane for Dillon (42), Emma O’Sullivan for Downey (42).

Cork: Meabh O’Sullivan; Melissa Duggan, Eimear Meaney, Roisin Phelan; Anna Ryan, Shauna Kelly, Laura O’Mahony; Maire O’Callaghan, Hannah Looney; Daire Kiely, Eimear Cleary, Ciara O’Sullivan; Orlaith Cahalane, Doireann O’Sullivan, Eimear Kiely.

Subs used: Abigail Ring for E Kiely (16, inj), Brid O’Sullivan for Cleary (46, inj), Dara Kiniry for Cahalane (52), Abbie O’Mahony for Ryan (52, inj).

Referee: Jonathan Murphy (Carlow)