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Cork’s Millie Condon celebrates scoring her side’s second goal. (Photo: INPHO\/Bryan Keane)<\/p>\nFIRST-HALF goals by Amy O\u2019Connor and Milie Condon ensured that Cork progressed to a sixth straight Glen Dimplex All-Ireland final after a 2-16 to 0-17 win against Tipperary, writes Daragh \u00d3 Conch\u00fair.<\/p>\n
With a record crowd for a semi-final double header of 10,311 at FBD Semple Stadium, Tipp got off to the type of start they would have hoped for, winning the throw-in and then drawing a free, converted by Eimear McGrath.<\/p>\n
Three minutes later, Clodagh McIntyre got on the end of a flowing move and just inside the 45 on the Kinane Stand side of Semple Stadium, drove the sliotar between the posts without breaking stride.<\/p>\n
The riposte from Ger Manley\u2019s fairly new-look Cork side was notable however, Emma Murphy slotting the first of her four points from play in the opening period and the hugely influential Sorcha McCartan following up.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Connor rifled home the first of the Rebels\u2019 two first-half goals in the seventh minute, with McCartan the provider.<\/p>\n
McGrath kept Tipp in touch from frees and Casey Hennessy floated over a super score but Cork were finding a lot of space and Murphy, McCartan, Laura Hayes, Saoirse McCarthy, O\u2019Connor and Orlaith Cahalane all pointed from play.<\/p>\n
Condon got in on the act with a rocket of a goal in the 21st minute and it was Ger Manley\u2019s outfit looking strong at the interval, leading by 2-11 to 0-8.<\/p>\n
Cork’s Millie Condon celebrates scoring her side’s second goal. (Photo: INPHO\/Bryan Keane)<\/p>\n
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You felt that the home team would need a goal fairly early on to enthuse their sizeable contingent of supporters but the Cork defence was resolute, M\u00e9abh Murphy reading the play well as sweeper.<\/p>\n
Grace O\u2019Brien did make some menacing runs and was only denied a goal by a sensational diving save by Amy Lee, after the Nenagh\/\u00c9ire \u00d3g attacker unleashed a shot bound for the postage stamp.<\/p>\n
Certainly, the Premier were buoyed somewhat by that and points by McGrath from the resultant 45, O\u2019Brien and a first from teenage star Caoimhe Stakelum, made it a two-goal affair entering the final quarter.<\/p>\n
Cahalane stretched it to seven but Tipp would not relent, and points by Eimear Heffernan and Karin Blair kept it in the melting pot.<\/p>\n
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Cork’s Ava Fitzgerald is challenged by Clodagh McIntyre of Tipperary. (Photo: INPHO\/Tom Maher)<\/p>\n
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It was all about the goal. Would it come? It did not, nor did they carve out another chance, despite doing so well defensively and in the middle third.<\/p>\n
A numerical advantage in this sector, which provided them with the foundation for their fightback, meant that they were at a disadvantage up top, however, and they were always going to be up against it to post what would have been an oxygen-inducing green flag.<\/p>\n
It was a fantastic effort by James Heffernan\u2019s charges, but Cork had done enough in the first half and a couple of late points by Orlaith Mullins sealed the deal.<\/p>\n
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SCORERS –\u00a0 CORK: A O\u2019Connor 1-3 (2fs); E Murphy 0-4; S McCartan 0-3; M Condon 1-0; O Cahalane, O Mullins 0-2 each; L Hayes, S McCarthy 0-1 each. TIPPERARY: E McGrath 0-8 (6f, 2 45); G O\u2019Brien 0-3; E Heffernan, C Stakelum (1f) 0-2 each; C Hennessy, E Heffernan, C McIntyre 0-1 each.<\/p>\n
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CORK: A Lee, I O\u2019Regan, IL Coppinger, M Cahalane, A Fitzgerald, M Murphy, I Sheehan, A Thompson, L Hayes, E Murphy, S McCarthy, M Condon, A O\u2019connor, S McCartan, O Cahalane. Subs: O Mullins for Murphy (52), H Ryan for Thompson (56).<\/p>\n
TIPPERARY: L Leenane, A Quinlisk, M Eviston, E Loughman, C McCarthy, K Kennedy, C Guinan, K Blair, C Hennessy, E Heffernan, R Howard, C McIntyre, C STakelum, E McGrath, G O\u2019Brien. Subs: L Purcell for Hennessy (48), K Ralph for McIntyre (51), C Quirke for Loughman (51), N Treacy for McGrath (60).<\/p>\n
REFEREE: B Nea (Westmeath).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FIRST-HALF goals by Amy O\u2019Connor and Milie Condon ensured that Cork progressed to a sixth straight Glen Dimplex…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[239727,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-568136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-cork-camogie","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568136","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=568136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}