{"id":508348,"date":"2026-06-19T18:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/508348\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T18:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:40:10","slug":"cork-minors-announce-team-for-all-ireland-semi-final-battle-with-derry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/508348\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork minors announce team for All-Ireland semi-final battle with Derry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Cork have named an unchanged starting 15 for Saturday\u2019s Electric Ireland All-Ireland MFC semi-final against Derry at Parnell Park (4pm).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It\u2019s no surprise that manager Keith Ricken has kept faith with the side that delivered a commanding quarter-final victory over Meath a fortnight ago in Thurles. The Rebels were emphatic 13-point winners, their best all-round display of the season so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It was a performance built on work-rate, control and a strong spread of scorers. Goalkeeper Rory Twohig was top scorer with 0-9 \u2014 including three orange flags from frees.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5125911_9_articleinlinemobile_309A2050.jpg\" alt=\"Cork minor football manager Keith Ricken. Picture: Diarmuid Brennan\/Sportsfocus\" title=\"Cork minor football manager Keith Ricken. Picture: Diarmuid Brennan\/Sportsfocus\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Cork minor football manager Keith Ricken. Picture: Diarmuid Brennan\/Sportsfocus<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cork have built steadily, winning Munster and then moving into the All-Ireland series with that victory over Meath.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Derry\u2019s pedigree at this grade needs no introduction. They arrive in Dublin with a strong record, a well-organised defensive structure and confidence. They beat Roscommon by six points in their All-Ireland quarter-final two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cork, though, have shown enough across the season to believe they can match this latest challenge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5126118_2_articleinlinemobile_309A3399.jpg\" alt=\"Cork's Kieran O'Shea celebrates following victory over Meath. Picture: Diarmuid Brennan\/Sportsfocus\" title=\"Cork's Kieran O'Shea celebrates following victory over Meath. Picture: Diarmuid Brennan\/Sportsfocus\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Cork&#8217;s Kieran O&#8217;Shea celebrates following victory over Meath. Picture: Diarmuid Brennan\/Sportsfocus<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This is Cork\u2019s first appearance in the All-Ireland minor football semi-final since 2021, and they are aiming to reach the final for the first time since 2019, the year they last won the competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Leesiders will hope to keep the feel-good factor going around the big ball on Leeside following the seniors\u2019 magnificent victory away to Donegal last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            CORK (v Derry):\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Rory Twohig (Kilmeen);<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Riain McCormack (Midleton), Aaron O\u2019Sullivan (Glanmire), Conor Garvey (St Finbarr\u2019s);<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Darragh O\u2019Sullivan (Erin\u2019s Own), Conor Downing (Adrigole), \u00c9anna Lynch (Ballincollig);<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Kieran O\u2019Shea (Urhan), Conrad Murphy (Barryroe);<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Eoghan Ahern (Carrigaline), Ben Hegarty (Ballinora), Joe Miskella (Ballincollig, c);<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Tom Whooley (Clonakilty), Jacob Barry (Aghinagh), Donal Herlihy (Shamrocks).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Subs: Billy Looney (Banteer), Donncha O\u2019Mahony (Newcestown), Peadar Kelly (Naomh Ab\u00e1n), Alex O\u2019Herlihy (St Finbarr\u2019s), Mark Power (Charleville), Miche\u00e1l Walsh (Bride Rovers), Fionn O\u2019Donovan (Clonakilty), Morgan Corkery (Nemo Rangers), Kevin O\u2019Donovan (O\u2019Donovan Rossa).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Standby players: Donnacha Coleman (Youghal), Riain Coakley (\u00c9ire \u00d3g).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cork have named an unchanged starting 15 for Saturday\u2019s Electric Ireland All-Ireland MFC semi-final against Derry at Parnell&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":508349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[169823,1964,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-508348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-echo-instagram","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508348","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=508348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}