Cork begin the defence of their Munster U21 Football title against Clare tonight in the Munster U21 Football Semi-Final at 7.30pm in Páirc Uí Rinn. The Cork team will line out as follows:

When - Wednesday March 28^th at 7:30pm

Where - Páirc Uí Rinn

Referee - Padraig O'Sullivan (Kerry)

Extra time - (2 periods x 10 minutes only) to be played if sides finish level at the end of 60 minutes

Replay date - Wednesday April 4^th at 7:30pm in Cooraclare

Next Round - the winners play Kerry or Waterford on Wednesday April 11^th in the Munster Final

Admission Prices -
Adult - €10
Student/OAP with appropriate ID Card - €5
Under 16s are free

For the Record

 2012 Cadbury Munster Under 21 Football Championship Fixtures / Results

Quarter Finals

Wednesday March 14^th

Kerry 0-11 Tipperary 0-5

Clare 2-7 Limerick 0-10 

Semi-Finals

Wednesday March 28^th

@ Austin Stack Park Tralee, Waterford v Kerry   @ 7:30pm

@ Pairc Uí Rinn , Cork v Clare @ 7:30pm

Final

Wednesday April 11^th

Venue permutations

@ Austin Stack Park Tralee, Kerry v Cork @ 7:30pm
(met in 2011 final at Pairc Ui Rinn)

@ Austin Stack Park Tralee, Kerry v Clare @ 7:30pm
(last meeting in 2007 in Kilmihill)

@ Fraher Field Dungarvan, Cork v Waterford @ 7:30pm
(last meeting in 2009 at Pairc Ui Rinn)

@ Cooraclare, Waterford v Clare @ 7:30pm
(last meeting in 2006 in Dungarvan)

Extra time if necessary in all games

Munster Under 21 Football Championship Roll of Honour

Kerry (25) - 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2008

Cork (22) - 1963, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1994, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009

Limerick (1) - 2000

Waterford (1) - 2003

Tipperary (1) - 2010

Munster Under 21 Football Cup
Corn na Cásca presented by the Football Council in 1966 to commemorate the jubilee of the 1916 Rising.

All Ireland Under 21 Football Championship

In Under 21 Football All Ireland Roll of Honour Cork have won 11 Titles and Kerry have 10 Titles to their credit. Cork were All Ireland Under 21 Champions in 1970, 1971, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1994, 2007, 2009. Kerry titles were won in 1964, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2008

Munster Under 21 Football Championship - Useful Information

·         Attendances for the Munster Under 21 Football Championship have grown by 153% in the period 2007 through to 2011. This is consistent with the 51% rise in attendances for all Munster inter-county football competitions during that period (not including replays).

·         All matches in this competition will be played under lights on Wednesday nights for the second consecutive year.

·         Cork have won 6 of the last 8 Munster Under 21 Football titles, winning 16 of their last 18 games in this Championship. Their only defeats since 2004 came against Kerry in Tralee in 2010 (0-19 to 1-8) and 2008 (0-15 to 0-10). Prior to 2004, Cork won just 2 of the previous 14 Munster Under 21 Football titles from 1990 to 2003 as Kerry won 9 of the 10 titles on offer during the 1990's.

·         Clare have won 3 of their last 13 matches in the Munster Under 21 Football Championship dating back to 2003.

·         Though Limerick, Waterford and Tipperary have won this competition in this millennium, the combined record of the so called four weaker counties since 2000 is played 76, won 28, lost 45 and drawn 3 - a winning percentage of 37%.

·         Kerry and Cork have dominated this competition and only once in the history of the championship were one or both counties not involved in the final. That was in 2000 when Limerick played Waterford in the Final in Dungarvan with Limerick lifting the crown for the first and only time on a 0-7 to 0-4 scoreline.