Cork vs. Tipperary Munster Minor Hurling Championship

Orizio

The Cork Minor Hurling team to play Tipperary on Wednesday evening @ 6.30 pm in Pairc Ui Chaoimh is as follows

1 Gary Minihane Courcey Rovers

2 Diarmuid Lester Bishopstown

3 Finbarr O'Mahoney Midleton

4 Dylan Stokes Blackrock

5 Christopher Joyce Na Piarsaigh

6 Darragh O'Carroll Fermoy

7 Tom McGuinness Tracton

8 Nicky Kelly Mayfield

9 Darren Sweetnam Dohenys

10 Shane O'Keeffe Blackrock

11 Stephen Moore Midleton

12 Conor Lehane Midleton

13 Jamie Coughlan Newtown

14 Mark Howard Passage

15 Brian Hartnett Russell Rovers

16 William McCarthy Carrigtwohill

17 Colm Spillane Castlelyons

18 Killian Burke Midleton

19 Keith Buckley Na Piarsaigh

20 Jamie Wall Kilbrittain

21 Rob O'Shea Carrigaline

22 Alan Gould Kinsale

23 Chris Buckley Clyda Rovers

24 Brian Murray Bishopstown


The Tipperary Minor Hurling team to play Cork at 6.30pm on Wednesday April 28th in Páirc Uí Chaoimh is

1. David Reddan (Kilruane MacDonaghs) 2. Cathal Barrett (Holycross Ballycahill) 3. Andrew Ryan (Toomevara) 4. Pa Dunne (Thurles Sarsfields) 5. Seamus Kennedy (St. Marys Clonmel) 6. Brian Stapleton (Templederry Kenyons) Captain 7. John Meagher (Loughmore Castleiney) 8. Davin Flynn (Roscrea) 9. Jason Forde (Silvermines) 10. Dan McCormack (Borris-Ileigh) 11. Niall O'Meara (Kilruane MacDonaghs) 12. Tommy Heffernan (Nenagh Éire Óg) 13. Liam McGrath (Loughmore Castleiney) 14. Aidan McCormack (Thurles Sarsfields) 15. Cathal Horan (Mullinahone)

Subs from:
Shane Hassett (Drom and Inch), David Butler (Knockavilla Donaskeigh Kickhams), Justin Cahill (Kilruane MacDonaghs), Paddy Dalton (Arravale Rovers), John McGrath (Loughmore Castleiney), Ross Mullane (Clonmel Óg), Michael O'Brien (Thurles Sarsfields), Joe O'Dwyer (Killenaule), Liam Treacy (Loughmore Castleiney), Eoin Fennelly (Mullinahone), John Grogan (Cashel King Cormacs), Philip Looby(Drom & Inch), Daire Quinn (Nenagh Éire Óg), John Ryan (Knockavilla Donaskeigh Kickhams), Pat Ralph (Moycarkey Borris)


Good to see a strong East Cork representation as usual. :pac:

ShamoBuc

Should be a good game. Midleton beat the Barrs out the gate recently and Lehane was apparnetly on fire, not surprised to see a couple of them in the team.
A win could set the ball rolling for a long summer as there is a good bit of talent in that team but at that age you never can tell if they will 'turn up'.

shockframe

Orizio wrote: »

8 Nicky Kelly Mayfield

9 Darren Sweetnam Dohenys

I DONT BEELIIEEEEEVE IT!

Orizio

shockframe wrote: »

I DONT BEELIIEEEEEVE IT!

There's lads from Tracton and Passage on the team as well shock, the depths to which Cork GAA has plummeted...:eek:

Mushy

Is this on tv at all? Actually, I'm nearly more tempted to go to the thing, arriving in cork like an hour earlier!

EDIT: How much would it be in to the match?

Orizio

Mushy wrote: »

Is this on tv at all? Actually, I'm nearly more tempted to go to the thing, arriving in cork like an hour earlier!

EDIT: How much would it be in to the match?

It isn't on TV, I'm guessing 10 for student, 20 for adult and children free.

liogairmhordain

Orizio wrote: »

It isn't on TV, I'm guessing 10 for student, 20 for adult and children free.

ah no i'd say €10 for adults, €12 max

Orizio

Wouldn't suprise me in the slightest if we beat Tipp tonight only to lose to them later on in the Munster championship.

tatoo

Orizio wrote: »

Wouldn't suprise me in the slightest if we beat Tipp tonight only to lose to them later on in the Munster championship.

Don't the three first round losers play-off with the eventual winner coming back in at the semi-final stage versus the winner of the Waterford - Clare game ?

Orizio

tatoo wrote: »

Don't the three first round losers play-off with the eventual winner coming back in at the semi-final stage versus the winner of the Waterford - Clare game ?

Something like that, yes.

shockframe

Well in the abscence of the official spokesperson for cork gaa orizio i should mention that it finished 3-18 to 2-21 after normal time tonight.

sounds like an ok-ish kind a game.

grenache

shockframe wrote: »

Well in the abscence of the official spokesperson for cork gaa orizio i should mention that it finished 3-18 to 2-21 after normal time tonight.

sounds like an ok-ish kind a game.

He says tongue in cheek!

Better than the game in kilmallock anyway!!

KevIRL

Cork 2-31 Tipp 4-22 AET.

Seems like very highscoring entertaining fare!

grenache

KevIRL wrote: »

Cork 2-31 Tipp 4-22 AET.

Seems like very highscoring entertaining fare!

Christ! 33 scores for Cork. Little bit worried for Limerick in the semi now!

Orizio

Firstly, congrats to the Cork lads, better team imo, stronger, fitter and much better conditioned. Much better hurling team then last years and if the defence is improved could go places.

Stand-out players - Darren Sweetman (proper athlete, big player and fast, and can point from range), Brian Hartnett (great touch, very quick, great attitude, exceptional from the dead ball), Jamie Coughlan (all the same qualities Brian has, plus takes a cracking penalty) and Stephen Moore (big, great in the air, has a bit of hurling and scored some fine points). Conor Lehane was the most talented player on the pitch, incredible leap and ridiciously fast, a future Cork inter-county hurler if ever I saw one.

However, I have to say the management almost threw the game away with their bizarre subs in regular time. They took off Mark Howard right after he got us a penalty, took off Stepher Moore despite the fact that he was destroying Tipp's center back line and worst of all failed to make a change in the full-back line until the very very end of normal time, despite the fact that it got cleaned out all game. The defence was particularly weak down the middle imo.

To sum up, attack and midfield are excellent, but we need Ryan and Cahalane in the full back line. We do that, and I can see this team going far.

The_Kew_Tour

Great to see Cork hurling still has some hope. I was getting worried there for while.

Minors dont always turn out be star players but least it shows there still some talent in Cork.

Comon the rebels.

grenache

Orizio wrote: »

Firstly, congrats to the Cork lads, better team imo, stronger, fitter and much better conditioned. Much better hurling team then last years and if the defence is improved could go places.

Stand-out players - Darren Sweetman (proper athlete, big player and fast, and can point from range), Brian Hartnett (great touch, very quick, great attitude, exceptional from the dead ball), Jamie Coughlan (all the same qualities Brian has, plus takes a cracking penalty) and Stephen Moore (big, great in the air, has a bit of hurling and scored some fine points). Conor Lehane was the most talented player on the pitch, incredible leap and ridiciously fast, a future Cork inter-county hurler if ever I saw one.

However, I have to say the management almost threw the game away with their bizarre subs in regular time. They took off Mark Howard right after he got us a penalty, took off Stepher Moore despite the fact that he was destroying Tipp's center back line and worst of all failed to make a change in the full-back line until the very very end of normal time, despite the fact that it got cleaned out all game. The defence was particularly weak down the middle imo.

To sum up, attack and midfield are excellent, but we need Ryan and Cahalane in the full back line. We do that, and I can see this team going far.

Saw this guy play for Newtown against Adare in the Munster Club semi and he's going to be a terrific senior star for Cork in the years to come, his first touch was super, scored a couple of crucial points on that occasion.

hawkwing

Tipp and Cork can still go on and meet in the Munster Final,Cork could win this again but Tipp could still win the AI

Orizio

hawkwing wrote: »

Tipp and Cork can still go on and meet in the Munster Final,Cork could win this again but Tipp could still win the AI

Yep.

rebel girl 15

Report from this morning Independent

Harnett's haul does it for Rebels

Cork 2-31
Tipperary 4-22
Munster MHC (aet)



Thursday April 29 2010



A TALLY of 1-14 from Brian Hartnett gave Cork an extra-time victory over Tipperary at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.


The teams were locked at 2-21 to 3-18 at the end of normal time. But six points from Hartnett in the second extra period helped Cork through. The initial 60 minutes produced a pulsating contest, Cork up 0-11 to 1-6 at half-time.


A Jamie Coughlan penalty gave the Rebels a nice cushion within a minute of the restart, but Aidan McCormack's second goal had Tipp level at 1-1 to 2-8 in the 35th minute. Hartnett and Liam McGrath continued to exchange frees, before Hartnett gave Cork a four-point lead with a brilliant diving finish on 49.


McCormack's hat-trick three minutes later brought Tipp back in it, though, and another McCormack free looked to have given them victory before Jamie Wall's late equaliser forced the additional 20 minutes.


Scorers -- Cork: B Hartnett 1-14 (0-7f), C Lehane 0-6, J Coughlan 1-0 (pen), S Moore 0-3, D Sweetman, S O'Keeffe, J Wall 0-2 each, N Kelly, M Howard 0-1 each. Tipperary: L McGrath 0-10 (0-10f), A McCormack 3-0, C Horan 1-2, N O'Meara 0-3, M O'Brien 0-4, D McCormack, D Butler, B Stapleton 0-1 each.


CORK -- G Minihane; D Lester, F O'Mahony, D Stokes; C Joyce, D O'Carroll, T McGuinness; N Kelly, D Sweetman; S O'Keeffe, S Moore, C Lehane; J Coughlan, M Howard, B Hartnett. Subs: K Buckley for McGuinness (42), R O'Shea for Howard (45), J Wall for Moore (56), C Spillane for Stokes (59), Stokes for O'Carroll, Moore for Buckley (both et), Buckley for Stokes (69), Howard for Kelly (70), B Murray for O'Shea (73).


TIPPERARY -- D Reddan; C Barrett, A Ryan, P Dunne; S Kennedy, B Stapleton, J Meagher; D Flynn, J Forde; D McCormack, N O'Meara, T Heffernan; L McGrath, A McCormack, C Horan. Subs: J Cahill for Kennedy (24), D Butler for Heffernan (47), M O'Brien for Forde (49), J McGrath for D McCormack (54), J O'Dwyer for Dunne (57), Forde for Flynn (et), L Treacy for Forde (70), Flynn for J McGrath (71), D McCormack for L McGrath (78).

rebel girl 15

Report from this mornings Irish Examiner

Hero Hartnett edges gritty Rebels past Tipp in classic

Cork 2-31 Tipperary 4-22
By Fintan O’Toole
Thursday, April 29, 2010

AFTER the stunning heights they scaled last year in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, it seemed too much to hope for more memorable action when the Cork and Tipperary minor hurlers convened at the same venue for last night’s ESB Munster MHC quarter-final.

Instead they surpassed last June’s fare to conjure up as spellbinding a game imaginable, packed with top-class individual displays, brilliant score-taking and a fitting finale as extra-time was required to produce a winner.

The tie ebbed and flowed for 80 odd minutes but ultimately it took the critical intervention of Cork corner-forward Brian Hartnett who, having impressed throughout, really excelled in the second half of extra-time as he transformed a 2-25 to 4-20 deficit in the 70th minute into a 2-31 to 4-22 advantage in the 80th minute, by weighing in with six points.

Hartnett wound up with a dazzling 1-14 return to show for his night’s work and while his polished point-taking from play and frees was key, it was the beautiful diving flick to the net in the 49th minute that was his standout moment. Cork had other heroes on the night. Conor Lehane terrorised the Tipperary half-back line by popping over six points from play, Stephen Moore used his physical presence to good effect in attack while midfielder Darren Sweetnam controlled matters in his sector for long stages.

It was a tough defeat for Tipperary to absorb considering the magnitude of their performance. Liam McGrath produced a flawless display of marksmanship in converting 10 placed balls while Aidan McCormack’s predatory instincts were reflected in his three-goal tally. Full-back Andrew Ryan was in immense form, Niall O’Meara worked diligently at centre-forward and Michael O’Brien illustrated what a loss he was to the team from the start through injury, by grabbing four points when sprung from the bench. They had cause to complain as well at the decision not to be awarded a penalty in the 59th minute when McCormack looked to be clearly pushed near goal.

Cork made the hard yards early on with Sweetnam and Lehane pushing them into a 0-5 to 0-2 advantage by the 11th minute. But Cork’s dominance counted for little when a rapid Tipperary burst yielded a neat goal by McCormack in the 14th minute and a stylish point by O’Meara two minutes later. Despite trailing by a point, Cork never seemed unnerved and thanks to the consistent high standards of shooting that Lehane and Hartnett were employing, they ploughed back in the lead. They were 0-9 to 1-3 ahead by the 24th minute, and although Cathal Horan looked a dangerous operator for Tipperary close to goal, it was still Cork in the ascendancy with an 0-11 to 1-6 advantage at the interval.

The action was cranked up a few notches at the break as the scores started to tot up with greater frequency. Jamie Coughlan hammered home a penalty to give Cork a huge boost in the 32nd minute, but between them Liam McGrath and Aidan McCormack wiped out that lead with a 1-2 blast to draw level by the 35th minute. The teams stuck close to each other for a time as they traded points but despite McGrath’s relentless accuracy from frees, Cork were looking stronger and crafted a magnificent goal in the 49th minute. Shane O’Keeffe bustled through before offloading to Coughlan, who arrowed in a cross that Hartnett dived to flick to the net at the back post.

That sent Cork 2-16 to 2-12 in front but Tipperary’s response was impressive with McCormack expertly drilling in his third goal in the 52nd minute and O’Brien emerging as an attacking threat. When McGrath tapped over a 62nd minute free they looked on the cusp of victory but sub Jamie Wall did brilliantly to engineer the space to grab a last-gasp point for Cork to send the match to extra-time.

Prospects of a replay could not be dispelled as the match remained tight in extra-time, with Wall and Lehane striking early points for Cork before O’Meara and O’Brien pegged them back for Tipperary. Matters seemed to turn crucially in their direction when Horan buried a shot to the net after Gary Minihane spilled the ball in the 69th minute, but Hartnett’s scoring spree proved most decisive.

Tony Angelino

Orizio wrote: »

There's lads from Tracton and Passage on the team as well shock, the depths to which Cork GAA has plummeted...:eek:

I hope you're joking there! Tracton are Premier Intermediate and Passage has produced plenty of Cork hurlers over the years.