Cork 0-9 Donegal 1-16
Donegal stamped their passport with a date in the Junior A football final
with a fairly comfortable win against Cork in Sunday’s semi-final. The rebels were without the services of a
couple of key players, and a recent trip to Ireland for a number of home based
payers did not help matters. From early
on it was fairly clear that would only be one winner and though Cork battled in
the heat to try and keep it respectable, there was no stopping Donegal on their
path to the final.
Donegal's Paul McNulty wins a free
Corner forward Ruairi Rafferty was first to get on the scoreboard
for Donegal and fired over the first 3 points for the northerners. Center forward Muiris Curtin was next on the
board with a free and after Paul McNulty made a foray all the way from corner
back to add a fifth, the signs were ominous for the Corkonians. Donegal were dominating the middle of the
field as whether they went long or short with the kick outs, Cork found it hard
to get the ball up to their main threats for scores, Tom Keane and Mike
Moynihan. Hugh Devine added another,
Neil McEneaney got in on the act and Jack Droney as the flow could not be
stemmed by the rebels. Before the break
Moynihan and Culann Barry got Cork on the board and if one thought that some
confidence would be restored, it was a case of think again as Donegal netted
just before the break though Droney with Rafferty supplying the pass.
Ruairi Rafferty Shoots
The second half played out in the dead heat with each team
giving a run to the lads on the line.
Evan Foley and young Home Grown player, John O’Riordan, added some points in the Cork column but
at that stage it was a matter of playing out time. A disappointing end to the season for Cork,
and for Donegal it is a final date with Aidan McAnespies next Saturday.
Donegal: Padraig
McLaughlin, Paul McNulty, Mark Canny, Neil McEneaney, Declan McBride, Gavin
Reilly, Ronan Gallagher, Hugh Devine, Darren Grant, Muiris Curtin, Liam McCray,
Jack Droney, Ruairi Rafferty. Cork: Niall O’Doherty, Conor Moynihan, Mike
Carolan, Simon Kennedy, Colm Caffrey, Rory Boyle, Seamus Loftus, Culann Barry,
Evan Foley, Mike Moynihan, Padraig Smith, Tom Keane, Kieran McEnerney.
By Rory O'Donnell
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