Hello and welcome to The42′s coverage of this crunch All-Ireland football qualifier between Cork and Mayo at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick.
We’ll have team news coming up in the next few minutes as we get ready for the 5pm throw-in, followed by minute-by-minute updates when the action gets underway.
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Mayo XV to play Cork
1. David Clarke (Ballina Stephenites)
2. Brendan Harrison (Aghamore)
3. Ger Cafferkey (Ballina Stephenites)
4. Keith Higgins (Ballyhaunis)
5. Lee Keegan (Westport)
6. Chris Barrett (Belmulet)
7. Colm Boyle (Davitts)
8. Seamus O’Shea (Breaffy)
9. Tom Parsons (Charlestown)
10. Kevin McLoughlin (Knockmore)
11. Aidan O’Shea (Breaffy)
12. Diarmuid O’Connor (Ballintubber)
13. Conor Loftus (Crossmolina)
14. Cillian O’Connor (Ballintubber, captain)
15. Andy Moran (Ballaghaderreen)
Cork XV to play Mayo
1. Ken O’Halloran (Bishopstown)
2. James Loughrey (Mallow)
3. Eoin Cadogan (Douglas)
4. Jamie O Sullivan (Bishopstown)
5. Sean Powter (Douglas)
6. Michael Shields (St Finbarrs)
7. Tomas Clancy (Fermoy)
8. Aidan Walsh (Kanturk)
9. Ian Maguire (St Finbarr’s)
10. Colm O Driscoll (Tadhg MacCarthaigh)
11. Mark Collins (Castlehaven)
12. John O Rourke (Carbery Rangers)
13. Barry O Driscoll (Nemo Rangers)
14. Donncha O Connor (Ballydesmond)
15. Paul Kerrigan (Nemo Rangers) Captain
This pic is getting a lot of love on Twitter.
Cork captain Paul Kerrigan getting in some last minute kicking practise in before throw-in.
Teams are lining up for the national anthem. Tension is building up nicely below in Limerick.
Cork leading 0-01 0-00 in the opening five minutes in Limerick. Both sides getting off to a lively start.
Cork 0-02 0-00 Mayo
O’Connor hits his second of the day from a free to stretch Cork’s lead to two points.
Cork 0-02 0-01
Diarmuid O’Connor draws a free which his brother Cillian chips over to open Mayo’s account.
Cork 0-03 0-01 Mayo
Lovely score from O’Connor at the end of a beautiful move from Cork. It started with a dispossession on Mayo’s Keith Higgins and a long ball inside was put over the bar by O’Connor.
Cork 0-03 0-02 Mayo
Lee Keegan responds for Mayo with one of his trade-mark points.
Cork 0-04 0-02 Mayo
Aidan Walsh feeds James Loughrey. Ball is passed out to Donncha O’Connor and he fires it high and over the bar. He’s got all of Cork’s scores so far
Cork 0-04 0-03
Aidan O’Shea and Tom Parsons combine to get Mayo back on the scoreboard and keep pace with Cork.
Cork 0-04 0-03 Mayo
Great block on Mark Collins to kill off a Cork attack and Mayo come away with it again.
Cork 0-04 0-04 Mayo
Andy Moran burns his marker to pop the ball over the bar with the fist. We’re level in the Gaelic Grounds.
Cork 0-04 0-04 Mayo
Cork’s James Loughrey looks to be in trouble and is being brought off to receive treatment. He went down after trying to curtail Andy Moran.
Kevin Crowley has been drafted in as his replacement.
Cork 0-04 0-04 Mayo
Crucial tackle put in by Eoin Cadogan as Diarmuid O’Connor was thundering at the Cork goalmouth.
Cork 0-05 0-05
Aidan O’Shea lobs a shot over the bar with Andy Moran providing the assist. It’s level again in the Gaelic Grounds for the second time today.
Cork 0-05 0-06 Mayo
Cillian O’Connor snatches the lead after Colm Boyle slices through the Cork cover to feed the ball to O’Connor.
Cork 0-05 Mayo 0-07
Aidan O’Shea and Moran combine again and Moran kicks it over to put them two in front. Moran is getting on a lot of ball so far.
Cork 0-06 0-07 Mayo
Paul Kerrigan settles things for Cork with a point at the end of a great move from Cork. That’s their first score in the last five minutes.
Bit of a crowded house here.
Cork 0-07 0-07 Mayo
Jamie O’Sullivan black-carded for a body check on Aidan O’Shea.
Cork 0-07 0-08 Mayo
And Cillian O’Connor pops over the resultant free from that tackle on O’Shea. Half-time approaching. Two minutes additional time coming up.
Half-Time: Cork 0-07 0-10 Mayo
Mayo head in at half-time with a three point lead following scores from Jason Doherty and Cillian O’Connor.
Cork 0-07 0-10 Mayo
The second half is coming up and both teams are back on the pitch.
Cork 0-07 0-10 Mayo
And the second half is underway. Can Cork claw themselves back into this tie?
Cork 0-07 0-10 Mayo
Aidan Walsh looks to be struggling and is limping off the pitch. Rurairi Deane comes on in his place.
Cork 0-07 0-11 Mayo
Andy Moran picks up where he left off in the first half as he kicks Mayo into a four-point lead.
It’s 10 minutes since Cork last scored.
Cork 0-07 0-12 Mayo
Cillian O’Connor with the latest score for Mayo and Cork are in dire need of a score just to kill that momentum.
Cork 0-07 0-13 Mayo
Cillian O’Connor hits his sixth point of the evening, and his fourth from play.
Cork 0-07 0-14 Mayo
Substitute Paddy Durkin drills a shot over just after being introduced into the game.
Cork 0-08 0-14 Mayo
Barry O’Driscoll wins a free for Cork and O’Connor adds the extras to bring them back to within six points.
Cork 0-11 0-14 Mayo
John O’Rourke and Colm O’Neill add further scores to reduce the deficit to three and Cork have arrested the momentum in Limerick.
Cork 0-11 0-15 Mayo
Mayo strike back to halt the Cork comeback. And again it’s Cillian O’Connor who scores from play.
Cork 0-11 0-16 Mayo
Aidan O’Shea hits his second point but was there a goal on?
On a sidenote, O’Shea has 22 possessions so far in this game. Incredible stuff.
Cork 0-11 0-17 Mayo
Andy Moran scores his fourth of the evening. That brief Cork spurt seems like a long time ago now. Impressive response from Mayo as they lead.
Cork 1-11 0-17 Mayo
GOAL!!! Sean Powter drills the ball home for the opening goal of the game and brings Cork right back into this contest.
They are not done yet.
Cork 1-11 0-17
What a miss!! Cork were in for a second goal that would have been the equaliser had it gone in but the shot sails wide.
Cork 1-12 0-17 Mayo
Black Card!! Lee Keegan gets a black card and Mayo will be without their star defender for the last 13 minutes of the game.
Cork add another point, and we’re down to a two-point game.
Cork 1-13 0-17 Mayo
What a comeback!! Cork come back from seven points down to trail by just one.
Cork 1-13 0-17 Mayo
Donncha O’Connor is withdrawn for Cork as the game drifts into the last eight minutes. Michael Hurley is on.
Cork 1-13 0-18 Mayo
Cillian O’Connor steps up again when Mayo need him most. He sends it over the bar to put them back into a two-point lead.
Cork 1-13 0-19 Mayo
Eoin Cadogan concedes a free in a scoreable position and Cillian O’Connor extends Mayo’s lead to three points.
That’s O’Connor’s ninth point of the tie.
Cork 1-13 0-19 Mayo
Aidan O’Shea gets a yellow card as we head into the last five minutes.
Cork 1-14 0-19 Mayo
Cork score for the first time in 10 minutes to bring them back to within two of Mayo.
Cork 1-14 0-20 Mayo
Conor Loftus responds for Mayo and gives the Connacht side some breathing space again.
GOAL!!! Cork 2-14 0-20 Mayo
Cork’s Luke Connolly has scored a goal to level this qualifier.
Cork 2-14 0-20 Mayo
Paul Kerrigan kicks a shot wide from a difficult angle. Should he have passed it out?
Cork 2-14 0-21 Mayo
Paddy Durkin hits another point to put Mayo back in front by the slightest of margins. Two minutes to go.
Cork 2-15 0-21 Mayo
Luke Connolly sends the game into extra-time with a well struck free.
Absolute thriller happening in Limerick tonight.
Cork 2-15 0-21 Mayo
Here we go. Who can hold their nerve to edge out this All-Ireland SFC qualifier?
Cork 2-16 0-21 Mayo
Cork draw first blood in the first half of extra-time. Paul Kerrigan pops it over the bar.
Cork 2-16 0-22 Mayo
Conor Loftus slips through the Cork defence and drives the shot over the bar. We’re all square again.
Cork 2-17 0-22 Mayo
Paul Kerrigan gets his second score of the extra-time period. Cork are back in front.
Cork 2-17 0-22 Mayo
MISS!! Tom Parsons went for goal but his low bound shot trickles wide. Cork still lead by one.
Cork 2-18 0-22 Mayo
Super score from Michael Hurley to extend Cork’s advantage to two points after six minutes of extra-time.
Cork 2-18 0-23 Mayo
Aidan O’Shea swings the shot over the bar. He has been exceptional this evening.
Cork 2-19 0-23 Mayo
Colm O’Neill replies with a point for Cork. The rebels are back in front by two again. We’re almost at the break.
Cork 2-19 0-24 Mayo
Cool as you like. Cillian O’Connor kicks a free to reduce the gap to just one point.
Cork 2-19 0-24 Mayo
Sean Powter is coming off with Colm O’Driscoll replacing him.
Cork 2-19 0-24 Mayo
Alan O’Connor fouls Tom Parsons and Mayo have a chance to equalise just before the break in extra-time.
HT: Cork 2-19 0-24 Mayo
Cork lead by one point at the extra-time break.
Cork 2-19 0-24 Mayo
The second half has just begun. Can Cork hold onto their lead?
Cork 2-19 0-25 Mayo
Keith Higgins levels the game after bursting through the Cork defence to fist the ball over the bar.
Cork 2-19 0-26 Mayo
Diarmuid O’Connor hits a second score for Mayo to put them in front and they look to have the momentum with them now.
Cork 2-19 0-26 Mayo
MISS!! Conor Loftus rifled a shot into the bottom corner of the Cork net but it takes a deflection and goes wide.
Cork 2-19 0-27 Mayo
Cillian O’Connor comfortably slots over the ’45 and puts Mayo two in front as we head into the final four minutes.
Cork 2-20 0-27 Mayo
Michael Hurley brings Cork back to within just one point. The subs have made such an important impact for Cork this evening.
Cork 2-20 0-27 Mayo
Michael Hurley kicks it wide but there’s still some time left.
FT: Mayo 0-27 2-20 Cork Mayo progress in the All-Ireland championship after one-point win.
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This is a poorly managed Cork team with a ref that has given them nothing and they find themselves level against supposedly the fourth best team in the country, imagine what they might do with good management support and fair break from the refree.
@John Carroll: if they’re bringing the supposedly fourth best team in Ireland to extra time the management can’t be that bad? Or are you saying both Mayo and Cork are just shit teams?
@Kevin Gallagher: well two poor teams but the ref was shocking
@Tim Brennan: was it? What major incidents did he get wrong?
@Kevin Gallagher: take a look at killian o connors pull back on cadogan and he knew he would have to black carded him and considered his contribution to the scoreboard it would have limited Mayo all in all Kerry will hammer the winner . Football refs are completely inconsistent and that’s the problem. What he gave as frees for mayo he ignored for Cork. Cork got one free inside the 35 meter line
@Tim Brennan: I don’t disagree that refs are inconsistent, but that wasn’t why Cork lost the game. They had plenty of goal chances to
finish Mayo off in normal time. Also, you could argue back and forth all evening on what the ref got right or wrong for Mayo and Cork. He missed Keegan being pulled back before his trip for a black card (and rightly should’ve been black carded), etc etc.
Also, you can’t seriously argue that Mayo are a shit team?
@Kevin Gallagher: clearly Mayo are not a shite team but I don’t believe this team is capable of winning an all Ireland. They have been robbed of their chance to win and refs in gaa favour the top teams as their ultimate prize is the ref an all ireland- and you know full well that poor refs have cost Mayo dearly. Cork have no excuses and a management that put Alan o Connor on the field tells everything about their vision
For cork football – he gave away 2 needless frees and could not run
@Kevin Gallagher:What i am saying is Cork should be well capable of beating Mayo who are supposedly the fourth best team around and with better management they could do it.For starters Alan o connor has been a huge servant to Cork football but only a group of idiots would have him on a senior inter county panel at this stage of his career.I could go on and on but why bother ….
Referee keeping Mayo players on the pitch here…….
@IrishOwl: I don’t know how Keegan managed to stay on there.
@Dave Murray: cork footballers shafted by a northern ref again
Blew up early
@Timmy O Sullivan: As a neutral I thought the officials were very harsh on Cork the whole game.
@John Kinsella: I second that. Seemed to be a lot harder for cork to get frees
Should be easy for Mayo. A 5 point victory I predict.
Jesus, I’m a mayo supporter and I don’t know if I’m that confident! I think if we take cork for granted we could get punished!
@Dec: Southern opposition often pose problems for Mayo but Mayo should have enough to beat the Cork buys
@Enda McCallion: not that easy so far
Why is it not on TV?
@Hello there friend: It was on Sky
Hope Cork can finish it in extra time. Great stuff so far being the under dogs. Go on the rebels.
Great effort from cork but that ref was atrocious.
Free streams ?
Cork should have won in 70 minutes, missed some gilt-edged chances. Fancy Mayo to finish stronger in the extra time. Great game for the neutral.
What a match. I’d say both sets of players are wrecked.
I don’t disagree but Mayo could say the same thing after leading by 7. To be fair, corks first goal was savage, I’m relieved more than happy after that win
One thing i will say, Mayo are brilliant supporters. Huge numbers follow the team around. That was a very poor turnout for the Cork footballers, those lads deserve better.
Ref won it for mayo
Don’t disagree but I’ve seen it go the other way for us. Might not be as lucky the next game. Need to up our game in a massive way. Will make it no more than the semi’s this year though(if we up our game!!)
Cork doing ok so far up to HT, and are unlucky to be three behind .I suppose it would have been crazy to expect anything from the refree as some of his calls have been poor and mainly against Cork.If they are to stay in this game they will have to push up and are very likely to be caught at the back then.
What tv channel is it on ?
A hope and a prayer for Cork.
Mayo are gone
@Colm Buckley: back in front
@Colm Buckley:
Gone through to the next round it seems
Well done to both teams.
Big crowd there ….around 45 thousand I’d say. A day that will resonate through the ages
@John Ryan: What?
Can’t see anything other than a Mayo win
The myth of David Clarke continues. His kickouts continue to be a liability. Best keeper in the land my arse.
Mayo forwards’ shooting has been excellent. Gotta love Andy Moran – absolute legend. Not sure how Cork are still in this, offering up far too many chances.
@Camroc: Not sure what your watching kid but both teams at the very least deserved a second day out.
@John Carroll: Did you reply to the wrong comment?
That was at 7 down and playing awful. Fair play to them they are putting a great show. Hope they win it
What channel is it on?
@Maurice Cott: sky sports arena 408
Well done mayo
The untouchable ref rode the arse off Cork and his love in with Aidan o Shea – Gaa ref are unbelievably bad
Brannigan is as bad at referring as he is at doing linesman!
36 mins in and cork already half way through their subs
Jesus… are they wearing slippers or what ???? FFS. Change em !!!!!
If we (cork) win this, is it defo the rossies next?
Kerrigan is a liability and cork are lame ducks
Why wasn’t it on tv
@Hello there friend: it was on sky
looks like this is running away from cork
Jesus cork are dirt
@ryan o sullivan: ???
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