Cork vs Dublin

2023 - 2 - 19

Post cover — Image courtesy of "Irish Mirror"

Cork 2-10 Dublin 0-18 recap & result as 14-man Dubs hang on to ... (Irish Mirror)

Star of the show Brian Hurley pushed a late strike wide to miss the chance to level things up. But he very nearly stole victory with the last kick of the game ...

John Small gathers the ball off his own line and Dublin break at pace. Again, Hurley was the man involved as he charged into the Dublin area. Huge let off for the Dubs. Trailing by one after a Hurley free, Cork poured forward. Again, the ball came to Hurley, who jinked past a blue wall of defenders only to slice his effort high and wide. Buoyed by the move to 14v14, Cork reeled off two points on the spin. The legendary wing-back was involved instantly as he slipped in James McCarthy for a lovely score. The disappointment for Cork is that they couldn't capitalise on this moment. Dessie Farrell's charges assumed control of the game and rattled off four consecutive points on the spin. The first score of the game came in the fifth minute through Dean Rock, but two minutes later, Cork were on level terms after Brian Hurley's fine score. That tit-for-tat pattern continued for the next fifteen minutes or so, with the scores tied at 0-4 apiece. But he very nearly stole victory with the last kick of the game after his rasping effort was tipped acrobatically onto the post by Dubs keeper David O'Hanlon.

Allianz FL D2: Dublin survive Cork test (GAA.ie)

Allianz Football League Division Two Dublin 0-18 Cork 2-10 By Stephen Barry at Páirc Uí Chaoimh Jack McCaffrey made a match-winning return after three years ...

Only four minutes after Gannon’s red, the Rebels had levelled it. Cork were patient in possession but showed an ability to vary their attack with kick passes to the inside outlets of Hurley and Chris Óg Jones. Midfielder Ian Maguire found himself isolated on Dean Rock and referee Séamus Mulhare deemed his jersey pull worthy of a second yellow card. Eoghan McSweeney twice got free with storming off-the-ball runs at the heart of the Dublin defence. Another marginal decision that the holding ended before entering penalty territory. Powter couldn’t find him with the first but in the 22nd minute, Jones turned provider and the Knocknagree attacker side-footed to the roof of the net.

Jack McCaffrey and James McCarthy return as Dublin survive Cork ... (Independent.ie)

Dublin made it three wins from three in Division 2 of the Allianz FL but they were forced to sweat with Brian Hurley forcing a spectacular save from the ...

Hurley was like a man possessed and ended a 19-minute spell without a point for the hosts before adding another from a free. Cork: B Hurley 0-8 (0-3, 1mark), E McSweeney 1-1, M Taylor 1-0, S Sherlock 0-1f. Having looked dead and buried, Cork sprung to life again.

McCaffrey returns as Dublin edge out Cork on Leeside (RTE.ie)

Dublin made it three wins from three in Division 2 of the Allianz Football League with a 0-18 to 2-10 victory over Cork following a pulsating clash at Páirc ...

Hurley and Con O’Callaghan exchanged scores but Cork’s increasing confidence was rewarded with a superbly crafted goal on 21 minutes. A last-gasp Hurley effort was magnificently tipped on to the post by O’Hanlon and Dublin survived to win by two. Both dismissals were greeted with bemusement. A close-range Hurley free made it a three-point game before substitute Ruairí Deane setup Matty Taylor to arrow a magnificent shot into the Dublin net. Ross McGarry and the influential Hurley scored at either end to make it 1-5 to 0-05 late in the first half. A close-range Rock free restored Dublin’s advantage as the visitors began to gain a foothold.

Dublin made to battle for narrow win in epic with Cork (Irish Examiner)

The Rebels could have nicked it at the death as both sides finishing a man down.

That later changed to Michael Fitzsimons, the latter coming off a distant second in their duel. Dublin kicked five of the half’s last six scores. Having endured an anonymous afternoon in Cork’s league opener at home to Meath, Hurley had three from play, plus a mark, by half-time. The assist for that goal was provided by Hurley. Cork’s third point, a Steven Sherlock free, had its roots in Colm O’Callaghan’s pinpoint delivery to Brian Hurley. Mulhare was a leading actor in the third quarter. Dublin didn’t score from play until the 17th minute. Dublin, for much of said half, were content to sit. They twice found themselves three behind. Three minutes after the restart, he showed Ian Maguire a yellow card for the slightest of jersey tugs on Dean Rock. Maguire was dumbfounded. The resultant Rock free was the first of a Dublin second half four-in-a-row to shove the visitors 0-14 to 1-6 ahead.

McCaffrey returns as Dublin hold off fightback to win against Hurley ... (The42)

Brian Hurley, Cork's best forward who had a terrific game, lashed in a left-foot thunderbolt in the 77th minute as they chased the goal they needed to salvage ...

Seán Powter (Douglas), 12. Eoghan McSweeney (Knocknagree), 11. Colm O’Callaghan (Éire Óg), 9. Rory Maguire (Castlehaven), 7. Luke Fahy (Ballincollig), 6. Daniel O’Mahony (Knocknagree), 4. Maurice Shanley (Clonakilty), 3. Dean Rock (Ballymun Kickhams), 15. Niall Scully (Templeogue Synge-Street), Ciaran Kilkenny (Castleknock), 12. Brian Fenton (Raheny), 24. John Small (Ballymun Kickhams), 5.

Dublin win first league game in Cork in 33 years as Jack McCaffrey ... (The Irish Times)

For all their measured build-up play, Cork butchered too many chances against the Dubs.

Dublin couldn’t get to grips with Brian Hurley and the Cork captain kicked four sweet points in the first half. The Cork wing-forward planted his shot in the roof of the net. Con O’Callaghan kicked four points from four chances by the end; Brian Fenton kicked a point and made three others; McCarthy and McCaffrey both scored: load bearing players, making a critical difference. Without being wildly impressive at any stage, Dublin were better than Cork for most of the second half, and were electrified in the last quarter by Jack McCaffrey’s first appearance in a Dublin jersey for 1,087 days. Maguire’s offence was a feathery tug on a Dublin player’s jersey, and once the referee Seamus Mulhare set the threshold so low, he was obliged to book players for a series of minor misdemeanours. Dublin won their first football League game in Cork after an astonishing 33-year hiatus, but they had to survive a bolt of lightning in the eighth minute of stoppage time, when Brian Hurley’s shot was deflected onto the post by David O’Hanlon.

Cork boss Cleary - 'Soft cards and soft sending offs, that was it today' (The42)

Cork midfielder Ian Maguire and Dublin defender Lee Gannon were both sent-off in the Páirc Uí Chaoimh clash.

They kept battling and we got ourselves back in the game and look, width of a crossbar that we weren’t going home with the two points. “I thought the two sending offs were a little bit soft but they balanced each other out in terms of one from each side, from our own perspective with Cork having got a red card you’re always on guard then. We came back, I thought we deserved to get something out of it. “But look, I’d be intensely proud of the lads there. “The lads are very disappointed inside there. “When the championship starts, it will be blood and thunder.

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