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With changes to the football championship structures coming into effect in 2020 the Allianz Leagues have become more crucial than ever before. With only the top 16 teams guaranteed to compete for All-Ireland honours, more emphasis has been placed on Division two and three of the league as the final standings in both dictate who will be competing in the …

Cork football is a strange place at the moment. While there are obvious pressures that come with having to ply their trade in Division three of the Allianz League in a year where promotion is paramount. It would seem that there are shades of positivity seeping into Cork football ahead of the new decade. Despite league relegation last year, Cork’s …

What is Gaelic football’s greatest ever rivalry? For many, the Dublin/Kerry saga of the late 1970s stands out as the most storied era of Gaelic football. While those of a younger persuasion may steer towards the great Armagh/Tyrone rivalry of the early 2000s.  However, one rivalry stands above even those previously mentioned based on sheer tension, toughness and hatred towards …

Cian O’Neill has been appointed as a coach for the Cork Senior Football team. The former Kildare manager will work alongside manager Ronan McCarthy for the 2020 season. He stepped down as manager of his native county back in July after four seasons in the role. Cork GAA made the announcement on Tuesday morning, releasing a statement which reads: “Cork …

For most, representing your county at minor level is the pinnacle of a sporting career. For others, it is a stepping stone to bigger and better things. Brian Turnbull played a major role in the Cork U20 side this season and is expected to make the breakthrough at senior level in the coming years. However, the Douglas man’s first breakthrough …

Cork 3-20 Galway 3-14 Michael Corry reporting live from Croke Park. It took a while to get going, seven minutes to be exact, but once it did fans in Croke Park were treated to an absolute thriller in the Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Final.  Cork started the brighter of the two sides dominating the opening exchanges with Conor Corbett …

In association with What a weekend we have in store as Cork and Galway do battle in the Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Final in Croke Park on Sunday.  It is not the final many would have been expecting as both sides were slight underdogs heading into their semi-final showdowns with Mayo and Kerry respectively. Cork put in a strong …

Michael Corry reporting live from Croke Park. Cork 4-12 Mayo 1-13 Cork and Mayo clashed this afternoon in Croke Park with a spot in the Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Championship decider on the line. It was Cork who started the brighter of the two teams but Mayo drew first blood when Ethan Henry beautifully stroked a free over the …

In association with Expect high drama this weekend as the Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Championship reaches the penultimate stage. The season started with 32 but we’re down to just four as heavy-hitters Mayo, Cork, Galway and Kerry go toe-to-toe this weekend in Croke Park for a place in this seasons decider on September 1st. The action gets underway on …

Cork 3-16 Dublin 1-14 Cork survived a nightmare start where they trailed Dublin by nine points before registering a score to go on and lift the All-Ireland U20 Football title in O’Moore Park. Dublin got their charge off to the perfect start with back-to-back points from James Doran and Ciaran Archer in the opening minute. Archer added the third point …

Dublin and Cork have both shown their hand ahead of the All-Ireland U20 Football Final which throws in at 4 pm on Saturday in O’Moore Park, Portlaoise.  Both sets of management teams have decided to stick with the same starting 15 that helped them over the line in their respective semi-final match-ups last week. Cork defeated Tyrone in a gripping …

Come Sunday evening, we will know the four teams set to compete for Sam Maguire following the final round of the Super 8s. Group 2 is already set in stone with Tyrone and Dublin meeting in what is essentially a dead-rubber game while Cork and Roscommon fight it out to avoid the wooden spoon. Meanwhile, it’s fair to say most …

The GAA has today confirmed that O’Moore Park in Portlaoise will play host to Saturday’s All-Ireland U20 hurling semi-final and football final with both games being televised live on TG4. At 2 pm Cork face Kilkenny in their final four clash before the football decider takes centre stage at 4 pm with the meeting of Dublin and Cork. Following this, …

Cork are into the semi-finals of the Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Championships following a 12-point win over Monaghan in Bord na Mona O’Connor Park. Monaghan nearly got off to the dream start when Liam McDonald was put through on goal in the opening minute and he would have scored only for a superb block by Daniel Peet. Patrick Campbell …

Tipperary 3-15 Cork 2-17  Tipperary are the winners of the Bord Gais Energy Munster GAA Under-20 Hurling Championship after a dramatic last-minute victory over Cork at Semple Stadium. In the end, Tipperary ran out one-point winners and they have Jake Morris to thank after the Nenagh Eire Og man blasted home a goal in the dying seconds to give his …

The Cork County Board today announced plans for a new pitch to be laid at Páirc Uí Chaoimh ahead of the 2020 Allianz Leagues. However, with the good news come a little bit of bad for Corkonians as work is set to commence next week meaning that the Rebel footballers upcoming Super 8s clash with Roscommon on the August Bank …

The fixture details have been released ahead of the final phase of the All-Ireland Super 8s campaign which is set to take place over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Depending on the results of this weekend’s Croke Park double-headers on Saturday and Sunday, the final phase of games could prove pivotal in determining who qualifies for this year’s All-Ireland SFC …

2019 got off to a rocky start for the Cork footballers.  A poor league campaign ended in relegation to Division 3, however, Ronan McCarthy’s side have rallied well in the Championship with wins over Limerick and Laois sandwiched in between a strong showing in their Munster final defeat to Kerry. They had the unenviable task of heading to Croke Park …