Galway 2-28
Cork 0-22
Fintan O’Toole reports from Semple Stadium, Thurles
GALWAY BROUGHT THEIR All-Ireland quarter-final woes to an end in style today in Semple Stadium as they flattened Cork to book a semi-final date with Tipperary.
Jonathan Glynn struck a wonder goal in the opening minute to get Galway off to an explosive start and teenager Conor Whelan sealed the win by bagging the second goal with five minutes left.
The 50th minute sending-off of Damien Cahalane was a major setback for Cork but in truth they were second best to a Galway team that were in front 1-15 to 0-14 at the interval.
Galway’s shooting left them down at times as they amassed 23 wides with Joe Canning culpable for eight shots off target.
But Galway still had 11 scorers on the day with Cathal Mannion hitting 0-7 and Glynn magnificent throughout.
Glynn’s early goal spurred Galway on as they went ahead 1-5 to 0-4 after 10 minutes. Cork kept in touch throughout the first-half with good scores from Daniel Kearney, Conor Lehane and Seamus Harnedy.
Galway opened up a five-point gap, 1-8 to 0-6, by the 17th minute yet Cork rallied and were only a point adrift, 1-10 to 0-12, when Brian Lawton raised a white flag in the 26th minute.
However Galway restored control before the break to move clear by four at the interval and they then stretched their lead to 1-18 to 0-15 by striking three of the first four points in the second-half.
After Cahalane’s dismissal, Cork enjoyed a brief resurgence and Horgan was denied a goal by a superb save from Colm Callanan in the 58th minute. Paudie O’Sullivan struck a point from the rebound to leave Cork facing a 1-20 to 0-19 deficit.
But that was as close as Cork got as the floodgates soon opened. Galway smashed 1-8 in the closing stages with Whelan burying a goal on his championship debut.
At the final whistle Galway had stormed 13 points clear and are getting set for a semi-final tussle with Tipperary on 16 August.
Scorers for Galway: Cathal Mannion 0-7, Joe Canning 0-5 (0-2f, 0-1 sideline), Conor Whelan, Jonathan Glynn 1-2 each, Jason Flynn 0-3, Aidan Harte, David Burke, Cyril Donnellan 0-2 each, Andy Smith, Joseph Cooney, Niall Healy 0-1 each.
Scorers for Cork: Patrick Horgan 0-9 (0-7f, 0-1 ’65), Seamus Harnedy, Conor Lehane 0-3 each, Daniel Kearney 0-2, Aidan Walsh, Cormac Murphy, Paudie O’Sullivan, Alan Cadogan, Brian Lawton 0-1 each.
Galway
1. Colm Callanan (Kinvara)
2. Johnny Coen (Loughrea)
3. John Hanbury (Rahoon-Newcastle)
4. Padraig Mannion (Ahascragh-Fohenagh)
5. Aidan Harte (Gort)
6. Iarla Tannian (Ardrahan)
7. Daithi Burke (Turloughmore)
8. Andrew Smith (Portumna)
9. David Burke (St Thomas)
10. Conor Whelan (Kinvara)
11. Cyril Donnellan (Padraig Pearses)
12. Jonathan Glynn (Ardrahan)
13. Jason Flynn (Tommie Larkins)
14. Joe Canning (Portumna)
15. Cathal Mannion (Ahascragh-Fohenagh)
Subs
17. Joseph Cooney (Sarsfields) for David Burke (inj) (half-time)
22. David Collins (Liam Mellowes) for Donnellan (57)
20. Greg Lally (Gort) for Tannian (60)
21. Fergal Moore (Turloughmore) for Smith (64)
24. Niall Healy (Craughwell) for Glynn (67)
Cork
1. Anthony Nash (Kanturk)
4. Stephen McDonnell (Glen Rovers)
3. Brian Murphy (Bride Rovers)
2. Shane O’Neill (Bishopstown)
5. Damien Cahalane (St Finbarr’s)
6. Mark Ellis (Millstreet)
7. Cormac Murphy (Mallow)
8. Aidan Walsh (Kanturk)
9. Daniel Kearney (Sarsfields)
10. Brian Lawton (Castlemartyr)
11. Patrick Cronin (Bishopstown)
12. Bill Cooper (Youghal)
15. Patrick Horgan (Glen Rovers)
14. Seamus Harnedy (St. Ita’s)
13. Conor Lehane (Midleton)
Subs
25. Jamie Coughlan (Newtownshandrum) for Cronin (half-time)
19. Lorcán McLoughlin (Kanturk) for Murphy (44)
24. Alan Cadogan (Douglas) for Lawton (46)
22. Paudie O’Sullivan (Cloyne) for Cooper (55)
Referee: James Owens (Wexford)
Oh well that is okay then.
@Gillian Scully: They were proved innocent, what about Western Athletes on TUE’s from Wada?
@Alois Irlmaier: not proved innocent, just not proved guilty. Big difference.
Is the wording relevant? They found that they hadn’t benefited from it, does that mean they didn’t do it at all or they did it and failed?
Have lost interest in Olympic sport a long time ago. Don’t trust anything I see.
Great news !
Life bans are ridiculous they are hard to maintain in real courts of law, CAS/DRA once sports rulings impinge on natural justice they are in trouble. Blanket bans are politically motivated decisions, athletes are entitled to serve a time ban. Not that it means anything any way look at the persecution of the Munster Rugby player – crazy
Lee Evans said it best. Just let them all take drugs. Do the bobsled event by running down the track in about 4.5 seconds. I’d watch That!
@David O’Brien: yep . Just have 2 seperate events juiced vs clean and have a big event after to see if clean can beat juiced naturally.
@David O’Brien: They are as they are called TUE’s once that country pays a wad of cash to the right organisation, which Russia hasn’t.
Not sufficient evidence?? The head of the lab said there overwhelming amount. Of doping lol
@Chris Finn: Is that the same head who got US citizenship for saying that the Russian athletes took drugs and was set up in his own lab in the US. Why give him his own lab??? The same man who told athletes to drink the steroids in Martinis, that was funny as steroids are injected not mixed in alcohol that can change the steroid chemically. As well as sticking bottles in and out of holes in a wall where there was never any evidence of holes in the wall… But who cares about facts… They are Russian so they must have done something bad because the US tells us what to believe…
IOC in my view trying to save face, if Russia doesn’t play by U.S. political rules dictated by their own business lobbyists the U.S. will turn the West against Russia. The US has turned the Olympics into a political battle field while Western Athletes continue with their TUE’s where asthmatics are being used to win gold medals for countries over healthy athletes. The corruption in my view just blows my mind…