{"id":231579,"date":"2026-01-07T03:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T03:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/231579\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T03:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T03:22:09","slug":"cork-blow-tipperary-away-to-prevail-by-19-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/231579\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork blow Tipperary away to prevail by 19 points"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cork: 1-26 (1-4-18)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tipperary: 0-10 (0-1-8)\u00a0<\/p>\n

A strong Cork side made a winning start to 2026 following a 19-point victory over Tipperary in the McGrath Cup at a bitterly cold Cappawhite on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

The Rebels were pretty much in control of this encounter for the duration of the game in what was a collective team performance with every player making an impact.<\/p>\n

Cork, who have won the McGrath Cup on the last two occasions, took the bull by the horns early on, leading by seven points after a few minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was a workmanlike display from Cork albeit against an experimental Tipperary team.<\/p>\n

Steven Sherlock came off the bench to mark his return to Cork and the sharpshooter registered a white flag.<\/p>\n

\" Ruairi Deane of Cork keeps the pressure on Luke Boland of Tipperary. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

John Cleary\u2019s side know that another win on Sunday against Limerick at P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Rinn (2pm) will book their spot in the final of the pre-season competition.<\/p>\n

The Leesiders hit 1-4 without reply inside the first four minutes with Se\u00e1n McDonnell landing a two-pointer while captain Ruair\u00ed Deane goaled from close range after Mark Cronin and Chris \u00d3g Jones were involved in the build-up.<\/p>\n

Tipperary did put two white flags together from Se\u00e1n O\u2019Connor (free) and a Paudie Feehan effort, but the direction of travel was only going one way.<\/p>\n

Cronin, McDonnell and a Cathail O\u2019Mahony two-pointer pushed the Leesiders 1-8 to 0-2 clear after 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

Jones was denied a certain goal after a wonderful clearance off the line by Tipperary defender Feehan before Emmet Moloney slotted over his side\u2019s third point.<\/p>\n

Cork finished the first half positively with Cronin converting a two-point free and a great effort from McDonnell who was very influential, 1-11 to 0-3 at the interval.<\/p>\n

Cleary\u2019s charges remained firmly in control with little fuss. Sub Luke Murphy and Cronin pointed in the new half before O\u2019Connor bisected the posts for Tipperary.<\/p>\n

McDonnell extended Cork\u2019s advantage to 13 points before a Mark Russell two-pointer was Tipperary\u2019s first and only orange flag, 1-14 to 0-6 after 37 minutes.<\/p>\n

A pair of gorgeous points from Cork’s outstanding midfielder Colm O\u2019Callaghan buttressed his side\u2019s lead.<\/p>\n

\" Cork midfielder Colm O’Callaghan starts an attack against Tipperary. Picture: Larry Cummins<\/p>\n

The Rebels would pull away further as they led 1-21 to 0-7 with nine minutes remaining.<\/p>\n

Rory Maguire\u2019s two-pointer the pick of the scores.<\/p>\n

Cork hit five of the last eight points with sub Brian Hurley making an impact. He got two points, one which was a free, when introduced.<\/p>\n

A straightforward win for Cork.<\/p>\n

Scorers for Cork: S McDonnell 0-6 (1 2pt), M Cronin 0-4 (1 2pt f), R Deane 1-1, C O\u2019Callaghan 0-3, R Maguire (1 2pt), C O\u2019Mahony (1 2pt), B Hurley (f) 0-2 each, S Walsh, C Cahalane, M Taylor, S Sherlock, L Murphy, D O\u2019Connor 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

Tipperary: S O\u2019Connor 0-4 (0-2 f), M Russell 0-2 (1 2pt), E Moloney, P Feehan, C Smith (f), M Barlow 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

CORK: P Doyle (Knocknagree); M Shanley (Clonakilty), S Meehan (Kiskeam), K O\u2019Donovan (Nemo Rangers); B O\u2019Driscoll (Carrigaline), R Maguire (Castlehaven), L Fahy (Ballincollig); C O\u2019Callaghan (\u00c9ire \u00d3g), S Walsh (Mitchelstown); R Deane (Bantry Blues, capt), S McDonnell (Mallow), C Cahalane (Castlehaven); M Cronin (Nemo Rangers), C \u00d3g Jones (Uibh Laoire), C O\u2019Mahony (Mitchelstown).<\/p>\n

Subs: D Cashman (Millstreet) for B O\u2019Driscoll, D O\u2019Mahony (Knocknagree) for M Shanley, L Murphy (Cullen) for C O\u2019Mahony (all h-t), D O\u2019Connor (Knocknagree) for C \u00d3g Jones, D Newman (St Finbarr\u2019s) for P Doyle (both 36), B Hurley (Castlehaven) for M Cronin, S Sherlock (St Finbarr\u2019s) for S McDonnell, C O\u2019Shea (Kilshannig) for K O\u2019Donovan, M Taylor (Mallow) for S Walsh (all 46).<\/p>\n

TIPPERARY: R McGrath; E Moloney, E O\u2019Connell, M McFadden; D O\u2019Brien, P Feehan (capt), L Boland; M Russell, K Costello; C Deely, B Carey, N Heffernan; C Smith, S O\u2019Connor, M Barlow.<\/p>\n

Subs: J Harney for D O\u2019Brien (25), M Stokes for B Carey (h-t), B O\u2019Connor for L Boland, S Ryan for R McGrath, M Lowry for N Heffernan (all 46), N Heffernan for M Russell (62, inj).<\/p>\n

Referee: Se\u00e1n Joy (Kerry).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cork: 1-26 (1-4-18)\u00a0 Tipperary: 0-10 (0-1-8)\u00a0 A strong Cork side made a winning start to 2026 following a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-231579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}