{"id":591701,"date":"2026-08-13T05:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T05:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/591701\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T05:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T05:24:12","slug":"premier-1-mfc-nemo-pip-carrigaline-in-tense-finish-to-force-play-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/591701\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier 1 MFC: Nemo pip Carrigaline in tense finish to force play-off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carrigaline: 1-15 (1-2-11)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nemo Rangers: 2-13 (2-2-9)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nemo Rangers recovered from a slow start to defeat Carrigaline in the Cork ETB Rebel \u00d3g Premier 1 MFC Section 1 Round 3 tie at Carrigaline on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

It meant a draw was required, with Nemo Rangers, Carrigaline and holders Ballincollig all finishing on four points.<\/p>\n

Ballincollig received the bye, leaving Nemo and Carrigaline to meet again in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Nemo Rangers showed true grit against a Carrigaline side who only needed a positive result to guarantee progression. The city outfit deserved their win, even if Carrigaline felt aggrieved with some of the referee\u2019s decisions.<\/p>\n

Ois\u00edn Jordan and Morgan Corkery were key figures for Nemo, while Denis Kelleher and Cormac Sheehan\u2019s influence around the middle helped steady and grow their challenge.<\/p>\n

\" Carrigaline’s Eoghan Ahern played well against Nemo Rangers. Picture: David Keane<\/p>\n

It was level at half-time, but the Trabeg-based side largely controlled the second half, keeping their opposition at arm\u2019s length.<\/p>\n

The eventual winners finished with 14 players after a Michael McCarthy black card, but resilient defending led by Josh McGorry ensured Nemo got the win they needed to force a play-off.<\/p>\n

Carrigaline did all the early running. Luke Jordan landed a cracking two-pointer, followed by a Ben Corkery-Delaney point.<\/p>\n

Nemo Rangers got their first score after nine minutes through a Michael Scott effort.<\/p>\n

Carrigaline were in control, even if there was plenty of tension given the stakes. Cillian Murphy set up Eoghan Ahern for a tidy white flag, but 14 minutes in \u2014 and arguably against the run of play \u2014 Nemo goaled when Ois\u00edn Jordan showed composure to finish to the net, 1-1 to 0-4.<\/p>\n

Luke Jordan nudged Carrigaline ahead, but Nemo hit two of the next three scores, two of those being orange flags from Corkery and Cian Power, leaving it 1-5 to 0-6 with ten minutes to the break.<\/p>\n

An Ois\u00edn Jordan free and a Larry Butler effort opened up a four-point gap, but Carrigaline finished the half strongly. A 1-2 burst without reply gave them the advantage, with Luke Jordan landing the goal and a point, while Jack O\u2019Grady handed his team the lead, 1-8 to 1-7 after 29 minutes.<\/p>\n

It was deadlocked at the break when Corkery pointed from an acute angle, 1-8 apiece.<\/p>\n

\" Christopher Randles fetches the ball for Nemo Rangers against Bishopstown. Picture: Jim Coughlan<\/p>\n

Ahern bisected the posts for Carrigaline on the restart, but Nemo regained the lead when Ois\u00edn Jordan billowed the net after Butler did well in the build-up, 2-8 to 1-9 after 34 minutes.<\/p>\n

Nemo kicked two of the next three points, with Power\u2019s effort the pick of them, until a Ben Corkery-Delaney free kept Carrigaline in touch, just two behind.<\/p>\n

Nemo sub Se\u00e1n O\u2019Flaherty steadied his team with a point, but Carrigaline needed a spark, and a cracking Ahern two-pointer left them a point behind, 2-11 to 1-13 after 54 minutes.<\/p>\n

But two quick-fire Nemo points gave them a slight cushion heading into added time.<\/p>\n

Nemo then lost McCarthy to a black card for a pull back, as a Corkery-Delaney free left it 2-13 to 1-14.<\/p>\n

Corkery-Delaney pointed again, this time from play, but Carrigaline didn\u2019t have enough time to create one final scoring chance. They miss out on a direct route to the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

Scorers for Carrigaline: L Jordan 1-4 (1 2pt), B Corkery-Delaney 0-5 (0-3 f), E Ahern 0-4 (1 2pt), Cillian Murphy, J O\u2019Grady 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

Nemo Rangers: O Jordan 2-2 (0-2 f), C Power (1 2pt), M Corkery (1 2pt) 0-3 each, S O\u2019Flaherty 0-2, C Sheehan, M Scott, L Butler 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

CARRIGALINE: D McSorley; C Moloney, G O\u2019Brien, J Bryan; D \u00d3 Beol\u00e1in, M Kiernan, O Lynch; S Collins, C Hanratty; E Ahern, B Corkery-Delaney, Conor Murphy; L Jordan, J O\u2019Grady, Cillian Murphy.<\/p>\n

Subs: D Scannell-Murphy for J O\u2019Grady, E Bowens for Conor Murphy (both 39), J Scannell for O Lynch (48).<\/p>\n

NEMO RANGERS: C McCarthy-O\u2019Donovan; D Geary, J McGorry, A Quinlivan; M McCarthy, D Kelleher, J Randles; C Sheehan, C Power; C Randles, M Scott, L Butler; O Jordan, M O\u2019Keeffe, M Corkery.<\/p>\n

Subs: S O\u2019Flaherty for D Geary (39), L Murphy for D Kelleher (50, inj), C Herlihy for M Scott (57).<\/p>\n

Referee: Kevin O\u2019Sullivan (Valley Rovers).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carrigaline: 1-15 (1-2-11)\u00a0 Nemo Rangers: 2-13 (2-2-9)\u00a0 Nemo Rangers recovered from a slow start to defeat Carrigaline in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":591702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1964,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-591701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-cork-gaa","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\/591701","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=591701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/591702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}