The fixture details for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Qualifiers Round 1 have been confirmed by the CCCC.
Cork will play Louth on Saturday 4th June at 2:00pm in SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh with the winners progressing to Round 2 of the Qualifiers to meet a beaten provincial finalist on weekend 11th/12th June 2022.
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Cork 3-30 Tipperary 1-24
By Shane Brophy at FBD Semple Stadium for GAA.ie
Cork comfortably secured passage to the All-Ireland Series with a comfortable 12 point win over a Tipperary side who finished with 14 men at FBD Semple Stadium on Sunday.
This was despite the Cork getting off to a dreadful start with Tipperary scoring a goal inside 40 seconds from Jake Morris.
The home side made a blistering start with Noel McGrath pointing two frees with Jason Forde pointing from play as they went into 1-3 to no score lead inside five minutes.
But from there to half time it was all Cork. They recovered somewhat with points from Horgan, and two from the blistering Conor Lehane.
Conor Stakelum responded for Tipp before they were awarded a penalty on 11 minutes after Mark Kehoe was fouled by Robert Downey. Noel McGrath’s well-struck penalty came back off the post and Cork cleared up field to where Alan Connolly goals for a six point swing, turning the game completely on its head.
Cork powered on with Lehane and Robbie O’Flynn on target before Darragh Fitzgibbon goaled on 15 minutes for a 2-5 to 1-4 lead.
They powered on and with Lehane running riot with six first half points from play as they opened up an 11-point lead on 31 minutes before three late points from Tipp saw the margin reduced to 2-14 to 1-9 at half-time.
The trend of the game didn’t change after half time as Cork were always comfortable with Conor Lehane bringing his tally to eight points while Shane Kingston also chipped in with four points from play.
Tipperary never threatened a revival despite 13 points from Noel McGrath but they lacked the energy and fluency of Cork who scored 1-4 from the bench with Tim O’Mahony scoring their third goal on 63 minutes, shortly after Tipperary were reduced to 14 men when sub Alan Flynn was sent off following an off the ball incident.
Scorers for Cork: Conor Lehane 0-8 (1 free); Patrick Horgan 0-5 (3 frees, 1 65); Shane Kingston 0-4; Alan Connolly, Tim O’Mahony 1-1 each; Mark Coleman (1 free), Robbie O’Flynn 0-3 each; Darragh Fitzgibbon 1-0; Seamus Harnedy, Jack O’Connor 0-2 each; Shane Barrett 0-1.
Scorers for Tipperary: Noel McGrath 0-13 (12 frees); Jason Forde 0-5; Jake Morris 1-2; Dillon Quirke, Ronan Maher (free), Conor Stakelum, Patrick Maher 0-1 each.
Cork: Patrick Collins; Niall O’Leary, Robert Downey, Sean O’Donoghue; Damien Cahalane, Ciaran Joyce, Mark Coleman; Darragh Fitzgibbon, Luke Meade; Robbie O’Flynn, Seamus Harnedy, Shane Kingston; Alan Connolly, Patrick Horgan, Conor Lehane.
Subs: Tim O’Mahony for Horgan (44); Tommy O’Connell for Meade (57); Jack O’Connor for O’Flynn (60); Ger Millerick for Downey (66); Shane Barrett for Lehane (66).
Tipperary: Barry Hogan; Cathal Barrett, Ronan Maher, Craig Morgan; Dillon Quirke, Seamus Kennedy, Barry Heffernan; Conor Stakelum, Dan McCormack; Ger Browne, Noel McGrath, Michael Breen; Jason Forde, Mark Kehoe, Jake Morris.
Subs: Alan Flynn for Heffernan (HT); Patrick Maher for Browne (HT); James Quigley for Barrett (40 inj); Conor Bowe for Breen (47); Gearoid O’Connor for McCormack (69).
Referee: Sean Stack (Dublin).
This morning’s All-Ireland SFC Round 1 Qualifier draw produced some really exciting match-ups.
Reigning All-Ireland champions Tyrone will travel to Ulster rivals Armagh while last year’s beaten All-Ireland finalists, Mayo, have a home match against fellow Division 1 side Monaghan.
The other two Round 1 matches see Clare host Meath and Cork host Louth.
The fixtures are scheduled for weekend of June 4/5 and fixture details will be confirmed by the CCCC in due course.
The draw involved the eight counties from Divisions 1 & 2 of the Allianz Football League that did not qualify for their Provincial Final.
An open draw determined the four pairings with the first team drawn having Home Advantage*.
All-Ireland SFC Round 1 Qualifiers (June 4/5)
Mayo v Monaghan
Clare v Meath
Cork v Louth
Armagh v Tyrone
*Home Venues shall be subject to approval by the Central Competitions Control Committee and shall meet the criteria set down by the National Facilities/Health and Safety Committee.
The draw for the first round of the All-Ireland SFC Championship qualifiers will take place on RTÉ Radio 1’s Morning Ireland programme this coming Monday 23rd May 2022.
It will be made just after 8.30am. The eight counties from Divisions 1 and 2 of the Allianz Football League that did not qualify for their provincial finals will be in the pot: Mayo, Meath, Louth, Clare, Cork, Tyrone, Armagh and Monaghan.
The games are scheduled to be played on the weekend of 4/5 June, with throw-in times and venues to be confirmed by the Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) at a later date.
An open draw will be made to determine the four pairings, with the first team drawn gaining home advantage.
Home venues will be subject to approval by the CCCC.
