Mayo have ended Corks seven in a row quest with a 3-11 to 0-18 win over Cork in Kingspan Breffini yesterday evening. They’ll now face Dublin in the All Ireland final.
Cora Staunton scored 1-09 for the Connacht side as they reached a first Brendan Martin Cup decider in ten years.
Orla Finn scored 13 points for Cork but the Munster side suffered defeat and had a penalty saved in the closing minutes as they attempted to get back into the game. Former Longford hurling manager Frank Browne is the Mayo manager and he’s been in conversation with Tony Ghee on Sunday Sport after the great win
Scorers for Mayo – C Staunton 1-9 (0-2f), A Gilroy & A Dowling 1-0 each, N Kelly & C Whyte 0-1 each.
Scorers for Cork – O Finn 0-13 (11f), Á O’Sullivan 0-2, C O’Sullivan & B O’Sullivan 0-1 each.
Mayo – Y Byrne; O Conlon, S Tierney, M Carter; M Corbett, R Kearns, F Doherty; A Gilroy, F McHale; D Hughes, N Kelly, C Whyte; S Rowe, C Staunton, G Kelly.
Sub – A Dowling for Kearns (44).
Cork – M O’Brien; E Spillane, B Stack, R Phelan; A Hutchings, E Meaney, S Kelly; N Cotter, M Duggan; C O’Sullivan, D O’Sullivan, B O’Sullivan; Á O’Sullivan, E Scally, O Finn.
Subs – L Coppinger for Scally (25), M Ambrose for Meaney (37), O Farmer for Cotter (46), Scally for Á O’Sullivan (51), L Coholan for Stack (52).
Ref – N McCormack (Laois).
