{"id":497846,"date":"2026-06-13T13:46:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T13:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/497846\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T13:46:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T13:46:21","slug":"cork-firmly-focused-on-tipperary-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/497846\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork firmly focused on Tipperary clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cork travel to Tipperary on Sunday in confident form after their win over Galway in Glen Dimplex All-Ireland senior camogie championship.<\/p>\n

The game throws-in at 3.30pm on Sunday at FBD Semple Stadium, and the Rebels will be looking for a bit of revenge over the home side.<\/p>\n

Tipp knocked Cork out of the Munster championship several weeks ago at Semple Stadium and were deserving winners on the day.<\/p>\n

Cork\u2019s win over Galway last Saturday was a bit like the expression \u2013 one swallow doesn\u2019t make a summer.<\/p>\n

The same can be said for the Rebels \u2013 one win won\u2019t make their summer.<\/p>\n

But it was a much-needed win for Cork and a confidence boost to Ger Manley\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

Some outside of Cork would have put the Rebels down the pecking order in terms of winning the All-Ireland so it was a timely reminder that they are not gone away.<\/p>\n

\"SorchaSorcha McCartan put in another impressive display for Cork against Galway, and they will need more of the same from her against Tipperary this weekend. Picture: INPHO\/James Lawlor<\/p>\n

They won\u2019t be getting carried away with the win and know another tough challenge lies ahead on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Tipperary are the Munster champions and are one of the sides fancied by many to be in contention to lift the O\u2019Duffy Cup.<\/p>\n

They started their All-Ireland campaign last weekend with a loss to Waterford, another side on the up.<\/p>\n

Tipp won\u2019t be happy with that and will be determined to bounce back against Cork as they hope to secure a semi-final spot.<\/p>\n

Of the four teams in this group two will automatically go to the semi-finals and the other two to quarterfinals, where they will take on the top two in the other group, which most likely will be Kilkenny and Clare.<\/p>\n

A win for Cork will put them on six points and that should be enough to secure a semi-final place. It won\u2019t be guaranteed but if Waterford manage to beat Galway the same day, then it would secure Cork and the Deise\u2019s semi places.<\/p>\n

Both would be on six points and with Tipp and Galway on zero they couldn\u2019t be caught ahead of the final group games.<\/p>\n

So there is a lot to play for at the weekend for all four sides, but all Cork can do is worry about themselves and try build on their win over Galway.<\/p>\n

There were many impressive parts to that win, but none more so than their work rate.<\/p>\n

It was obvious to all watching they had done a lot of work in this area over the last six weeks.<\/p>\n

That coupled with the move of Meabh Murphy to centre-back and Laura Hayes to midfield were key parts of their win.<\/p>\n

Speaking after the Galway game, captain on the day Libb Coppinger, said: \u201cThe league wasn’t exactly what we wanted from it but I think looking back we probably learned a lot and we’ve improved a lot since then.<\/p>\n

\"CorkCork manager, Ger Manley, presents Saoirse McCarthey with her player of the game award after their win over Galway. McCarthy will be a key player again this weekend for the Rebels. Picture: NPHO\/James Lawlor<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a six-week block there together and everyone just worked extremely hard and we’re delighted to come out with a result today.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone on that field gave it all and left it all out there and I think that’s really all we were talking about the last couple of weeks is just working hard and when you work hard, the rest follows itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s a win today, but that’s all it is. Nothing is achieved yet, so we play Tipp next Sunday and that’s going to be a massive battle.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re focused on them now because that’s the next job at hand.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cork travel to Tipperary on Sunday in confident form after their win over Galway in Glen Dimplex All-Ireland…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-497846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497846","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=497846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}