Here’s how the teams will line out:
Dublin
Cork
1. Anthony Nash (Kanturk)
2. Killian Burke (Midleton)
3. Colm Spillane (Castlelyons)
4. David Griffin (Carrigaline)
5. Christopher Joyce (Na Piarsaigh)
6. Mark Ellis (Millstreet)
7. Mark Coleman (Blarney)
8. Bill Cooper (Youghal)
9. Daniel Kearney (Sarsfields)
10. Séamus Harnedy (St Ita’s)
11. Luke Meade (Newcestown)
12. Shane Kingston (Douglas)
13. Alan Cadogan (Douglas)
14. Patrick Horgan (Glen Rovers)
15. Darragh Fitzgibbon (Charleville)
On the Dublin team, James Madden, Rian McBride, Eoin Conroy and Caolan Conway are in for Patrick Smyth, Sean McGrath, Domhnall Fox and Chris Bennett.
Conor Dooley is a late replacement in the Dublin goals for his clubmate Gary Maguire.
Cork 0-1 Dublin 0-0
1 min – Alan Cadogan takes a short pass and slots over off his left. Good start by the Rebels. He scored 1-5 against Dublin in their championship meeting last year.
Cork 0-2 Dublin 0-0
4 mins – Wing-forward Luke Meade opens his account after a fine puck-out by Anthony Nash.
Cork 0-3 Dublin 0-0
9 mins – Patrick Horgan’s free leaves the Rebels three in front.
Cork 0-3 Dublin 0-1
11 mins – The Dubs are on the board thanks to Conroy’s opening score.
Cork 0-4 Dublin 0-1
12 mins – Horgan with a trademark score from distance. He bought half a yard of space and slotted over.
GOAL FOR DUBLIN! David Griffin is struggling on Ryan O’Dwyer, who manages to turn the ball into the net after a long delivery!
Cork 0-4 Dublin 1-3
16 mins – Chris Crummey races forward and drives one over from distance for the visitors. Liam Rushe is a dominant figure on Dublin’s half-back line and they deservedly lead.
Cork 0-4 Dublin 1-4
17 mins – Dublin can’t miss all of a sudden. McGibb with the latest score for Ger Cunningham’s men. They’re visibly growing in confidence.
Cork 0-4 Dublin 1-5
19 mins – 1-4 now without reply for Dublin. They’re putting great pressure on Nash’s puckouts, which were so impressive last week.
Cork 0-4 Dublin 1-8
23 mins – Donal Burke hits a brace and McBride adds another. Dublin are well on top and really taking this game to the Rebels. 1-7 now without a response for Dublin and they lead by seven.
PENALTY SAVE! Donal Burke’s shot is well-saved by Anthony Nash, who showed real agility there. He saved one from Tony Kelly last week.
Cork 0-5 Dublin 1-9
28 mins – Crummey picks up a yellow but Horgan hits his second scoreable free wide. The gap remains at seven.
GOAL! Shane Kingston puts Cork right back in the game! Fantastic finish after great work by Cadogan.
Cork 1-7 Dublin 1-10
33 mins – That’s 1-2 by Kingston since his move to the left wing. He’s really come to life near the end of this half. Now Cork have outscored Dublin by 1-3 to 0-1 in the last six minutes.
Half-time: Cork 1-7 Dublin 1-11
Cork 1-8 Dublin 1-11
36 mins – Cork have whittled that eight point lead down to three as the second-half gets underway.
Cork 1-8 Dublin 1-12
37 mins – Burke gets another, this one after a sloppy mistake from the Cork defence.
Cork 1-10 Dublin 2-13
47 mins – Chris Bennett replaces Quinn for Dublin. Burke converts another free for the Dubs. Luke Meade hits a score in response for Cork.
Cork 1-10 Dublin 2-15
51 mins – Bennett hits a wonderful score with his second touch.
Cork 1-10 Dublin 2-16
56 mins – Conor Lehane sends over a fine score to reduce the lead to seven. Dublin are down to 14 after Chris Crummey was dismissed.
Cork 1-13 Dublin 2-17
59 mins – Mark Coleman converts a 65. Burke slots a free over at the far end.
Cork 1-14 Dublin 2-19
71 mins – Cian O’Sullivan races forward and scores after great work by Conor Dooley in the Dublin goals.
Full-time: Cork 1-14 Dublin 2-19
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Stupid idea to move minors to u17. Far too much of a gap between 17and 21 year olds. Would end up losing more players to other sports at the critical 18-20 age bracket. Minor championship is fantastic the way it is please don’t touch it.
RE plan for minor to be u17 whats happens to u16. Does this also mean that u21 is only open to those above 19.
I agree with nearly all their ideas.
Why not have the League Finals on St. Patrick’s Day?
Their reasoning for moving the Minor grade is sound. I would imagine they’ll move to an under 20 grade too, this would probably mean less clashes with senior games.
Why not play the Inter-Provincials around the time of the All-Ireland quarter finals or semi finals? With only a few counties still in the All-Ireland and club championships notoriously slow to get going there will be many inter county standard footballers willing to play top class competition.
Players just missing the cut in their home county should definitely be placed in a draft from which the weaker counties can pick. 4 players for Division 4 counties, 3 for Division 3 counties. After two seasons the players should be allowed reapply for their native county or else extend their draft period by another year.
A draft system similar to that in American sports is the obvious way to bolster the weaker counties. Keep the draft players within their native province to cut down travel times, I can’t see an issue with a couple of Dubs playing with Carlow for two years, Mayomen with Leitrim or Corkmen with Waterford. The players involved get to play in high quality competition and bring that experience back to their native counties, everybody’s a winner.
I’ll outline how the FRC could fix the Football Championships below. Eugene McGee could drop me a line and we’ll hammer out the finer details together!
The optimum system for the All-Ireland Football Championship should be:
A) Get rid of the January/February tournaments, move the League forward with the top 2 playing a League final in March.
B) The All-Ireland C’ship should be played like the World Cup. 33 teams in 7 groups of 4 and 1 group of 5. Seed the teams according to their finishing positions in the League, thereby linking the League and C’ship. Play the 3(4) round robin stage matches of the All-Ireland at neutral venues (except for New York and London who should play their matches at home) in April and May.
C) The 4 Provincial C’ships should be straight knock-out. They should be played in May/June, it may be necessary for the preliminary rounds of the Ulster and Leinster C’ships to overlap with the round robin stage of the All-Ireland. These titles remain a valid chance for meaningful silverware for all counties.
D) With the Provincial titles decided the All-Ireland C’ship Round of 16 takes place in late June, group winners getting the choice of home venue. Two weeks later the 1/4 Finals are held at neutral venues. Two weeks later the Semi Finals are held at Croke Park.
E) In mid August play the All-Ireland Football Final in glorious sunshine in Croke Park. All counties would have had at least 4 c’ship matches spread throughout the country. All counties would have had two shots at meaningful silverware. London and New York have a few home matches each year to spread the gospel of GAA. There are no dead rubbers.