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Battling Cork show their mettle

Cork 1-9 Clare 0-9: THERE WAS drama aplenty last evening at Cusack Park when Cork left it late to secure victory.

Thu Apr 15 2010 - 01:00

Cork 1-9 Clare 0-9:THERE WAS drama aplenty last evening at Cusack Park when Cork left it late to secure victory.

The sides were level at the break, 1-2 to 0-5, with Cork corner-forward Brian Hurley rattling the Clare net after 13 minutes to claim the tie’s only goal.

But early in the second-half Cork were dealt a major blow when full-back Seán O’Shea was dismissed by referee Keith O’Brien for a second bookable offence.

At first, Clare took the initiative but they could never get more than two points ahead.

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Tenaciously, Cork rallied and Daniel McEoin made it 1-6 to 0-9. Going into injury-time, the Leesiders dug deep and their corner-forwards Hurley, twice, and McEoin added late vital scores to seal the visitors’ victory.

CORK: D Hanrahan; D Crowley, S O’Shea, D O’Donovan; T Clancy, D O’Carroll, M O’Shea; D Calahan, J Byrne; J O’Rourke, A Cronin (C), C O’Sullivan; D McEoin (0-4, two frees), T Hegarty, B Hurley (1-5, five frees). Subs: D Murphy for O’Donovan (24 mins), P Hicks for O’Sullivan (half-time), D Lester for O’Carroll (41), D Ring for Hegarty (45).

CLARE: R Dunne; J Colleran, G Johnson, O Vaughan; S Lineen, D Sexton, W De Loughrey; R Linnane, A Malone (0-3, three frees); S Malone, C O’Reilly, P Collins (Capt) (0-2); T Kelly (0-1), N Hickey (0-3), E Boyce. Subs: A Downes for O’Reilly (40), A Murrihy for S Malone (46).

Referee: K O’Brien (Tipperary)