Cork GAA Discussion Thread

ShamoBuc · 05-10-2025 02:32PM

Great finish to the game. Midleton look more dangerous inside the 21.

ShamoBuc · 05-10-2025 03:07PM

Lehane with a last second free to win it.

ShamoBuc · 05-10-2025 04:07PM

Barrs up by 6 at ht but that's a strong enough breeze that Sars are still very much in it.

ShamoBuc · 05-10-2025 04:53PM

Sars win by a point in the end, fine second half by them.

jommer01 · 07-10-2025 01:38PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123854105#Comment_123854105

Cork didn't get over the line. Great Cork man you are and that always knocking your own...

I'm not comparing Hoggie and TJ. Just responding to your "you wouldn't see Canning or TJ missing them" comment. The point being that Canning and TJ have missed them.

Horgan won't get the same credit for the incredible things he's done in matches that ultimately didn't end in victory because he didn't have the supporting cast.

zetecescort · 09-10-2025 06:05PM

Sean Powter going to Australia for next year

ShamoBuc · 11-10-2025 10:37AM

Midleton had already lost their fullback through injury - had a serious ganme in the semifinal but now Lehane looks to be out with an ankle injury too.

Sars would have been favourites anyway but 2 serious blows for Midleton missing both of them.

zetecescort · 11-10-2025 02:28PM

After 4 final defeats in a row Eire Og finally win the ladies football Senior A championship

zetecescort · 12-10-2025 03:22PM

Nemo squeeze past underdogs Newcestown after extra time in the first senior football semifinal

zetecescort · 12-10-2025 05:42PM

6 point win for St Finbarrs in the 2nd semifinal

ShamoBuc · 18-10-2025 01:41PM

Both of todays finals are called off. They had brought the ga,e starts to an earlier time but it was the right call. Rain is only going to get worse and they are also probably trying to save the pitch for the gane tomorrow which is on RTE.

deisedude · 18-10-2025 06:48PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123915647#Comment_123915647

No rush playing the 2 matches today as neither grade progresses to Munster anyway. The right call

zetecescort · 19-10-2025 02:48PM

Sars 1-9 Midleton 1-3 HT. Sars with a much better opening spell and looking like running away with it but some poor finishing and Midleton gradually coming into it has kept it as a contest

zetecescort · 19-10-2025 03:39PM

Sarsfields 2-18 Midleton 1-13 FT. Far from a classic, plenty wides and handling errors from both. Midleton closed to within 4 a few times but result never really in doubt.

ShamoBuc · 19-10-2025 03:39PM

Awfully poor game. Sars won't care though.

zetecescort · 26-10-2025 04:16PM

Nemo 1-9 Barrs 0-10 HT.

Knocknagree won the Senior A final earlier

ShamoBuc · 26-10-2025 04:51PM

Sapage win for the Barrs.

Only a point in it and Nemo hit the post at the very end denying them a draw.

Seadin · 26-10-2025 09:26PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123939701#Comment_123939701

Great win for Knocknagree in the Senior A final and have made history by getting to the Premier Senior Grade for the first time ever in their history. Great performance by them on the day. From junior A in 2016 to Premier Senior in 2026, this has been a incredible rise from a small rural club. JFD must be doing something right down there.

zetecescort · 28-10-2025 07:41PM

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41731689.html

Best wishes to Larry. Terrible to think a man so famous for his fitness as a player can be struck down like this

Straight Talker · 01-11-2025 06:10PM

Jesus that all Ireland humiliation against Tipp still stings. I couldn't give a shite about League or Munster titles next year. Third place in the group in Munster will do me. What's so galling is that the rest of the country sees us as a bunch of softies, who don't have the heart for the battle when the going gets tough.

Unfortunately they are correct in that assesment! I'm hoping that Ben O'Connor will make us a tougher, harder, meaner and more cynical team in 2026. I'd like to see the traditional style of Cork hurling at its best, with a bit of aggression and nastiness thrown in.

The Aussie rules team Essendon in the 80's and 90's with Kevin Sheedy as coach are the base model i am using here. Modern day intercounty hurling is war without guns and bullets. We badly need to get with the program here!

Seriously last July burst every single bubble i ever had about Cork hurling. We are at rock bottom now in terms of our stature in the game, and we have to fight tooth and nail to restore our battered hurling pride. I have friends from Tipp. I respect Tipp and our storied rivalry with them, but i do dislike them more than i do Kilkenny now!

zetecescort · 06-11-2025 07:05AM

All stars for Sean O'Donoghue, Ciaran Joyce, Darragh Fitzgibbon and Brian Hayes

zetecescort · 06-11-2025 10:35PM

Cork’s 2026 Allianz League schedule

HURLING: Jan 25, Waterford (h); Feb 1, Galway (a); Feb 7, Tipperary (h); Mar 1, Kilkenny (a); Mar 7, Limerick (a); March 21, Offaly (h).

FOOTBALL: Jan 25, Cavan (h); Feb 1, Louth (a); Feb 15, Offaly (a); Feb 22, Meath (h); Mar 1, Derry (a); Mar 14, Kildare (h); Mar 22, Tyrone (a).

King Power Fox · 06-11-2025 11:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123954332#Comment_123954332

Cork will always have a chance of winning the AI, name 2 teams in a better position than them at the moment. New manager needs a few tweaks - not wholesale changes. New managers bounce?

Straight Talker · 07-11-2025 06:14AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123968371#Comment_123968371

Well Tipperary would be one i suppose!🤣 I always wondered if Limerick fans despite all their teams recent success still suffer some trauma from that defeat to Offaly in 1994, because what happened last July could and probably does have the same affect with some Cork supporters! Unfortunately there will always be question marks over this Cork team until they finally produce the goods in an all Ireland final.

lukin · 07-11-2025 10:33AM

The McGrath Cup and Munster Senior Hurling League are back in 2026 as well:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41738259.html

I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of those games don't get played due to waterlogged pitches.

King Power Fox · 07-11-2025 10:39AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123968541#Comment_123968541

The Limerick team of 94-96 disappeared after winning the League in 97. There was alot more left in that team, shocking bad management and county board politics to the fore. Offaly in 94 was a fluke - late goals and no time to recover. Wexford 96 was worse in my opinion - dire performance on the day, the team should have had enough experience from 94 to deliver in 96. Getting back to Cork, there will always be players there. Fans and players shouldn't do trauma- the beauty of sport is there is always next year, that what I tell my u12s here in Cork.

lukin · 07-11-2025 07:52PM

Just saw Sean O Donoghue saying on the All-Star Awards that it was a "good year" for Cork. Is he for real?

Don't get me wrong, I support Cork and I want Cork to win but that's just delusional talk. How can being beaten in an AI final for the second successive year be considered "good"?