{"id":298444,"date":"2026-02-14T22:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T22:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/298444\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T22:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T22:47:11","slug":"beth-carton-and-niamh-rockett-fire-waterford-to-win-over-cork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/298444\/","title":{"rendered":"Beth Carton and Niamh Rockett fire Waterford to win over Cork"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Waterford 1-12 Cork 0-9\n <\/p>\n

Cork got the defence of their Centra National Camogie League Division 1A title off to a losing start at Azzurri Walsh Park on Saturday.<\/p>\n

With only four of the team that started the All-Ireland final last August playing it was a very much a new look Cork side and it was no great surprise to see an experienced Waterford outfit get the better of them.<\/p>\n

But credit to Cork they battled to the end with the likes of Libby Coppinger, Ashling Thompson, Millie Condon and Niamh McNabola the pick of them.<\/p>\n

Cork now face Antrim next weekend, a game they will be expected to pick up their first win in.<\/p>\n

Beth Carton opened the scoring for the home side, with Niamh McNabola replying for Cork.<\/p>\n

\"NiamhNiamh McNabola of Cork in action on Saturday. Picture: INPHO\/James Lawlor<\/p>\n

Another from Carton put Waterford back in front, as they led by 0-2 to 0-1 after five minutes.<\/p>\n

A free from Niamh Rockett increased Waterford\u2019s lead as she pointed from long distance, using the wind at their backs to her full advantage.<\/p>\n

Abby Flynn increased their lead and with 11 minutes gone Bevan Bowdren added another to see Waterford in front by 0-5 to 0-1.<\/p>\n

In the absence of Cork\u2019s regular free takers Keeva McCarthy took over the duties and she pointed to add her side\u2019s second score.<\/p>\n

Flynn combined with Carton for the latter to increase Waterford\u2019s lead as the home side were making the most of their chances, to lead by 0-6 to 0-2.<\/p>\n

Carton struck another as she was causing the Cork defenced all sorts of problems and she was on target again, to make it 0-8 to 0-2 after 23 minutes.<\/p>\n

McCarty pulled a point back from a free, after 27 minutes, which was the last score of the half as Waterford led by 0-8 to 0-3 at the break.<\/p>\n

McNabola got the first score of the second half as Cork were now playing with the strong wind.<\/p>\n

Another free from McCarthy has the Waterford lead down to three, with 35 minutes played \u2013 0-8 to 0-5.<\/p>\n

A minute later and Waterford found the back of the net. Rockett picked up the ball, and it looked like the Cork defence had done enough to stop her.<\/p>\n

But from her knees she looped the ball over Amy Lee\u2019s head to score a magnificent goal to make it 1-8 to 0-5.<\/p>\n

Carton increased their lead as Cork were finding it hard to get a foothold in the game, no surprise with the number of players missing.<\/p>\n

Two subs, Avril Cashman and Isobel Sheehan, combined for the latter to point with Emma Murphy adding another from a free.<\/p>\n

Ava McAuliffe, just on as a sub for Cork, pointed with her first touch, with Orla Hickey replying at the other end.<\/p>\n

Lorraine Bray added another for the home side, to make it 1-11 to 0-8 with a minute to go.<\/p>\n

Caton got her seventh of the afternoon to put seven between the sides as the game entered injury time.<\/p>\n

Murphy had a late chance for a goal for Cork, but her effort was well saved by Brianna O\u2019Regan and the danger was cleared.<\/p>\n

Murphy got the last score of the tie as the home side ran out winners by 1-12 to 0-9.<\/p>\n

\n Scorers for Waterford:\u00a0B Carton 0-7, N Rockett 1-1 (0-1 f), A Flynn, B Bowdren, O Hickey, L Bray 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

\n Cork:\u00a0K McCarthy 0-3 f, E Murphy (f), N McNabola 0-2 each, I Sheehan, A McAuliffe 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

\n WATERFORD: B O\u2019Regan; V Falconer, C Carroll, A McNulty; R Walsh, K Corbett Barry, C Sherlock; L Bray, A Flynn; E O\u2019Neill, B Carton, B Bowdren; N Rockett, L Forrester, R Kirwan.<\/p>\n

\n Subs: M Gosti for R Kirwan (37), O Hickey for L Forrester (40), S Lacey for N Rockett (48), A O\u2019Sullivan for C Sherlock (55).<\/p>\n

\n CORK: A Lee (Na Piarsaigh); M Murphy (Ballinora), L Coppinger (St Colum\u2019s), A O\u2019Neill (St Finbarr\u2019s); A Fitzgerald (Sarsfields), D O\u2019Brien (Enniskeane), R Harty (Ballyhea); M Condon (Ballinascarthy), A Thompson (Milford); E Murphy (Glen Rovers), C Kingston (Newcestown), K McCarthy (St Finbarr\u2019s); H Ryan (Blackrock), N McNabola (Cloughduv), C O\u2019Callaghan (Blackrock).<\/p>\n

\n Subs: A Cashman (Youghal) for C Kingston (ht), A Sheppard (Cloughduv) for C O\u2019Callaghan (37), I Sheehan (\u00c9ire \u00d3g) for K McCarthy (40), O Cahalane (St Finbarr\u2019s) for H Ryan (44), O Cremin for (\u00c9ire \u00d3g) for A Fitzgerald (46), A McAuliffe (Castlemartyr) for N McNabola (55).<\/p>\n

\n Referee: Liz Dempsey, Kilkenny. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Waterford 1-12 Cork 0-9 Cork got the defence of their Centra National Camogie League Division 1A title off…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[22287,61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-298444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-camogie","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298444","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=298444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}