Sam Maguire Cup Group Stage Draw

 

The Draw for Group Stage of the Sam Maguire Cup was completed today at 1:00pm.

 

The result of the draw is as follows:

Group One

  1. Munster winner (Kerry/Clare),
  2. Leinster runner-up (Dublin/Louth),
  3. Mayo,
  4. Cork

 

Round 1

May 21st/22nd:

(First-named teams at home)

Munster winner v Mayo;

May 27th/28th:

Leinster runner-up v Cork

 

Round 2

June 3rd/4th:

(First-named teams at home)

Mayo v Leinster runner-up;

Cork v Munster winner

 

Round 3 (Neutral Venues)

June 17th/18th:

Munster winner v Leinster runner up

Mayo v Cork

 

Full fixture details will be confirmed by the C.C.C.C on Friday, May 5th.

All Ireland Scor na nOg Finals at INEC, Killarney on May 6th 2023

The All Ireland Scor na nOg finals take place on this Saturday May 6th at the INEC, Killarney.

 

Cork GAA are well represented with CLG Chioich na Coillte (Clonakilty GAA) competing in Trath Ceisteanna

Sean O’ Torain (John Tarrant) from Sraid a Mhuillin (Millstreet GAA) is Mhaistir na gCeistearnna for the Trath Ceisteanna

Sibeal Ni Mhordha  from CLG Raonaithe Chairbre  (Carbery Rangers) flies the Cork flag in Amhranaiocht Aonair

Best of luck to all Cork representatives involved in the All Ireland Scor na nOg finals in Killarney

 

Please use the following is a link to purchase tickets for Babhtaí Ceannais na hÉireann de Scór na Óg 2023: https://am.ticketmaster.com/gaa/ism/U09JTjA2MDU=

 

Munster SHC | Cork vs Tipperary | Round 3

 

 

Cork will play Tipperary in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship Round 3 on Saturday 6th May in SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh at 7pm. The curtain raiser will be the meeting of Tipperary and Waterford in the Munster Senior Camogie Semi-Final at 4:30pm. 

Game Information 

This weekend’s Munster Senior Hurling Championship will be the clash between Cork and Tipperary. Cork had a successful opening weekend, defeating Waterford by nine points, while Tipperary secured a win against Clare in Ennis with a five-point win.

 

Current Munster SHC Table

 

Ticket Information

Advance ticket sales only here  or at selected Centra and Supervalu stores. Please note, there will be no tickets on sale at the venue. Stand tickets are expected to sell out. 

Referee

The match referee will be Paud O’Dwyer (Carlow)

Coverage of the game 

TV coverage of the game is on GAA GO. On the radio, C103 will broadcast live along with RTE Radio 1. There will be updates on Cork’s RedFM, 96fm and Radio na Gaeltachta.

Cork GAA will bring you coverage on Social Media with live score updates on our twitter page @officialcorkgaa and updates before during and after the game on all over social media channels.

 

 

 

Sam Maguire & Tailteann Cup seedings confirmed

The GAA have confirmed the seedings for the Group Stage Draws in the Sam Maguire and Tailteann Cups, which will take place at 1pm tomorrow Tuesday, May 2nd and will be broadcast live on GAA.ie (GAANOW) and available on the @OfficialGAA and @GAAGO social media channels. The result of the draw will be shared on @OfficialCorkGAA social media channels.

The Draws will be presented by Gráinne Mc Elwain and conducted by Uachtarán CLG Labhrás Mac Cárthaigh who will be joined by former Dublin footballer Paddy Andrews for the Sam Maguire Draw and former Laois footballer Ross Munnelly for the Tailteann Cup.

The confirmed seedings are:

Sam Maguire Cup

1st seeds (Provincial Winners): Galway/Sligo, Kerry/Clare, Dublin/Louth, Armagh/Derry

2nd seeds (Provincial Losers): Galway/Sligo, Kerry/Clare, Dublin/Louth, Armagh/Derry

3rd seeds: Mayo, Roscommon, Tyrone, Monaghan

4th seeds: Donegal, Cork, Kildare, Westmeath

 

Sam Maguire Cup

In the Sam Maguire Cup Draw, the 16 participating Counties will be drawn to four separate groups. Teams will be seeded based on Championship and League performance and each group will feature four teams (each group consisting of a 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th seed).

The Provincial Champions will each be a first seed, with the Provincial Runners-Up being second seeds. The 3rd seeds will be the four highest placed teams from the 2023 Allianz Leagues (who have not qualified for their Provincial finals). The fourth seeds will include Westmeath (as the 2022 Tailteann Cup Champions) and the next three highest placed teams from the conclusion of this year’s Allianz Leagues.

Teams who are due to meet in a Provincial Final (seeds 1 and 2) cannot be in the same group. However, teams who have already played each other earlier in this year’s championships can be drawn to the same groups.

The schedule of games for the group stages of the Sam Maguire Cup will be:

Round 1 (first named team at home)

20-21.05.2023 (Sat/Sun)

Seed 1 (Munster/Connacht Champions v Seed 3)

Seed 2 (Munster/Connacht Runners Up v Seed 4)

27-28.05.2023 (Sat/Sun)

Seed 1 (Leinster/Ulster Champions v Seed 3)

Seed 2 (Leinster/Ulster Runners Up v Seed 4)

Round 2 (first named team at home)

03-04.06.2023 (Sat/Sun)

Seed 3 v Seed 2

Seed 4 v Seed 1

Round 3 (Neutral venues)

17-18.06.2023 (Sat/Sun)

Seed 1 v Seed 2

Seed 3 v Seed 4

Full fixture details will be confirmed by the C.C.C.C on Friday, May 5th.

Cork v Waterford Match Report | Munster Senior Hurling Championship Round 2 2023

Picture: George Hatchell

 

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Cork 0-27 Waterford 0-18

The Pat Ryan era is well and truly up and running after Cork cantered to a facile nine-point victory over Waterford.

The Rebels go straight in at the top of the Munster round-robin, their scoring difference placing them at the head of a four-way tie on two points. The Déise are the only side yet to win.

This was a true team performance, with all of the front eight registering from play, while Patrick Collins and Damien Cahalane denied Waterford any goals.

The official man of the match went to full debutant Brian Roche while his midfield partner Darragh Fitzgibbon, in his first game of 2023, ran his markers ragged in front of 29,104 fans at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Cahalane, Séamus Harnedy, Conor Lehane, and Patrick Horgan showed there’s plenty of life after 30, with the latter three contributing 0-13.

If it wasn’t clear what Cork would show up for Championship, it became evident within minutes.

Waterford had the first point, a Stephen Bennett free, but it was their only score inside 21 minutes and even that came from Cork overcarrying rather than any attacking endeavour.

Fitzgibbon got off five shots in the opening eight minutes, converting three. But for those and other misses, Cork’s lead could have been double their 0-4 to 0-1 advantage.

Their radar was just debugging and they stretched their run of points to eight, with Lehane finding wide-open spaces for two more.

Cork were swallowing up the Waterford puck-out and they used that platform to create the only shot at goal in the first half. Tommy O’Connell won possession, Luke Meade sent Horgan into space, and he popped a pass to Roche.

Billy Nolan saved his effort but Roche recovered possession to push the lead into double-figures, 0-12 to 0-2 after 26 minutes.

Jack Prendergast was a rare outlet for Nolan’s puck-outs and he created a point for Dessie Hutchinson. It would be Waterford’s only score from play onto five Bennett frees all half.

Rob Downey switched across to deal with that threat and having never before scored in Championship hurling, he ended the first period with 0-2.

Waterford were trying anything they could. Going man-to-man, then dropping Jack Fagan back for extra cover. Clogging the Cork goalmouth, then spreading wide to either sideline. Regardless, all the space found was by Cork and Harnedy made it 0-15 to 0-6 at half-time.

Davy Fitzgerald had seen enough. On came Austin Gleeson, Patrick Fitzgerald, and Peter Hogan. Off went Michael Kiely, who had picked up a knock, Tom Barron, and Colin Dunford. Conor Ryan came on for Conor Gleeson shortly after.

They had three quickfire points to slash the deficit to six, from Bennett (0-2) and Jamie Barron. Another Bennett point attempt almost ended with a green flag but Collins, having miscontrolled the sliotar, dived back to collar it before it crossed the line.

Cork calmly killed off that comeback. Fitzgibbon, Shane Barrett, and Harnedy added to two Horgan frees to complete a five-point streak.

The Déise forged a couple more chances to pull themselves back into it but Collins saved a Peter Horgan bouncer and Cahalane blocked a Patrick Fitzgerald piledriver after a quickly taken 21m free.

That same duo came to the rescue again in the 64th minute. Collins stood tall to save Hutchinson’s shot and Bennett’s follow-up flashed wide via the helmet of Cahalane.

Even playing into the wind, Cork kept the scoreboard moving. The second-half highlight was Robbie O’Flynn returning from injury to nail points from either sideline.

Scorers for Cork: Patrick Horgan 0-8 (6f), Darragh Fitzgibbon 0-4, Declan Dalton (2f), Séamus Harnedy 0-3 each, Robert Downey, Conor Lehane, Robbie O’Flynn 0-2 each, Brian Roche, Shane Barrett, Luke Meade 0-1 each.

Scorers for Waterford: Stephen Bennett 0-9 (7fs, 1 65), Calum Lyons, Pádraig Fitzgerald 0-2 each, Jamie Barron, Neil Montgomery, Dessie Hutchinson, Austin Gleeson, Patrick Fitzgerald 0-1 each.

Cork: Patrick Collins; Niall O’Leary, Robert Downey, Damien Cahalane; Tommy O’Connell, Ciarán Joyce, Ger Mellerick; Brian Roche, Darragh Fitzgibbon; Declan Dalton, Conor Lehane, Shane Barrett; Luke Meade, Patrick Horgan, Séamus Harnedy.

Subs: Robbie O’Flynn for Dalton (50), Pádraig Power for Harnedy (56), Shane Kingston for Lehane (59), Conor Cahalane for Meade (64), Cormac O’Brien for Mellerick (70).

Waterford: Billy Nolan; Mark Fitzgerald, Conor Prunty, Conor Gleeson; Tom Barron, Calum Lyons, Jack Fagan; Darragh Lyons, Jamie Barron; Neil Montgomery, Colin Dunford, Jack Prendergast; Michael Kiely, Stephen Bennett, Dessie Hutchinson.

Subs: Austin Gleeson for Kiely (HT), Patrick Fitzgerald for T Barron (HT), Peter Hogan for Dunford (HT), Conor Ryan for C Gleeson (43), Pádraig Fitzgerald for Montgomery (65).

Referee: James Owens (Wexford).