Clare 2-17 Cork 2-19: 27/07/08: All-Ireland Quarter-Final: Semple Stadium, Thurles, Referee: D Murphy (Wexford) For the third weekend in-a-row Cork faced a win-or-bust championship game. A feature of the opening quarter was Cork full-back Diarmuid OSullivans struggle to keep tabs on the elusive Niall Gilligan. Wides blighted Clares play in the Munster final and wayward shooting was again threatening to derail them on this occasion. The tempo of the game increased as Barry Nugent turned onto his right and pointed. A brace of points came from Pat Donnellan and Clare then turned on the afterburners to score 1-04 without reply. Eight points in arrears and staring at an embarrassing championship exit, half-time came at just the right time for Cork. Just as they did when they were in trouble at the break in the Galway game, Cork rallied superbly with a brillinat second half performance. Incredibly, the deficit was back to just four points - 1-11 to 1-07 - within three minutes of the restart. Timmy McCarthy followed up with a timely goal. A short while later Clare were just about keeping Cork at arms length. As the clock ticked towards 70 minutes, Cork never really looked assured. Searching for that levelling point, Clare were left wanting. It was left to Neil Ronan to confirm crestfallen Clares exit from the championship as he landed the insurance point in the 72nd minute. Clare scorers: N Gilligan 0-08 (3f, 1 65), D McMahon, B Nugent 1-01 each, J Clancy, T Carmody 0-02 each, G Quinn (1f), P Donnellan, B OConnell (sl) 0-1 each. Cork scorers: B OConnor 0-07 (3f, 1 65), T McCarthy, K Murphy 1-00 each, P Horgan 0-03, P Cronin, N Ronan 0-02 each, T Kenny, J OConnor, N McCarthy, C Naughton, J Deane 0-01 each.
Posted on: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 22:47:14 +0000
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