Cork advance with ease

Women's Football All-Ireland Quarter-finals/Cork 3-17 Dublin 1-4: Cork provided plenty of evidence of their well-being with …

Women's Football All-Ireland Quarter-finals/Cork 3-17 Dublin 1-4:Cork provided plenty of evidence of their well-being with a commanding performance over Dublin at Wexford Park on Saturday.

The three-in-a-row chasers were in charge in all sectors of the field, despite the loss of Geraldine O'Flynn with a head injury after six minutes.

Amanda Murphy proved a very effective replacement, working hard and scoring 1-2, and the twin threat of Deirdre O'Reilly and Valerie Mulcahy scored 2-10 between them.

When Mulcahy drove the ball past Cliodhna O'Connor in the 10th minute, both players had already raised white flags as the champions powered into a 1-11 to 0-2 interval lead.

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Mulcahy deftly finished to the net again four minutes into the second half and Murphy scored Cork's third goal four minutes later as it just kept getting worse for Gerry McGill's outfit.

CORK: E Harte; C Walsh, A Walsh, Rena Buckley; L Barrett, B Stack, B Corkery (0-2); J Murphy, N Kelly; G O'Flynn, L McMahon (0-1), N Cleary; V Mulcahy (2-3, 0-2 frees), M O'Connor, D O'Reilly (0-7). Subs: A Murphy (1-2) for O'Flynn (6 mins, inj), M Kelly (0-2) for McMahon (24 mins), Rhona Buckley for N Kelly (44 mins), S O'Reilly for Corkery (47 mins), C Foley for Stack (51 mins).

DUBLIN: C O'Connor; K McGlynn, D Masterson, M Kavanagh; N Hyland, S McGrath, O Colreavy; F Ní Chorcoráin, S Finnegan; K Hopkins, M Nevin (0-1, free), A McGuinness (0-2); S Ahearne (1-0), L Kelly (0-1), AM Murphy. Subs: A Clarke for McGlynn (19 mins, inj), K Kennedy for Murphy (40 mins), A Greene for Hyland (55 mins).

Referee: L McDonagh (Sligo).