LOUTH v CORK
Prior to last year, they had only met twice previously in the championship (1957 and 2007) – now they are meeting for a second consecutive season. Cork won by four points last year.
CHAMPIONSHIP 2023
Louth 2-10 Westmeath 1-11 (Leinster quarter-final)
Louth 0-27 Offaly 2-15 aet (Leinster semi-final)
Dublin 5-21 Louth 0-15 (Leinster final)
Top Scorers
Sam Mulroy………1-20 (0-13 frees, 1-0 pen, 0-1 ‘45’)
Ciaran Downey….0-8
Conor Grimes…….0-6
Liam Jackson……..1-2
Conor Early…………0-4
Craig Lennon……….0-4
Clare 0-14 Cork 0-13
Top Scorers
Steven Sherlock……0-10 (0-7 frees, 0-1 ‘45’)
Sean Powter………….0-1
Rory Maguire………..0-1
Kevin O’Donovan…0-1
PREVIOUS CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS
2022: Cork 2-12 Louth 2-8 (All-Ireland qualifiers)
2007: Cork 0-16 Louth 0-14 (All-Ireland qualifiers)
1957: Louth 1-9 Cork 1-7 (All-Ireland final)
*Louth beat Cork by 1-10 to 0-10 in their Division 2 clash in Ardee last March. They finished third in the group (behind Derry and Dublin) on eight points, a point ahead of Cork.
*Last year’s Cork-Louth qualifiers turned into quite a contest in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Cork led by a point at half-time and looked to have secured a relatively easy victory when leading by six after 65 minutes.
Louth rallied and cut the deficit to three points entering stoppage time. Cork fired in their second goal shortly afterwards, but Louth replied with a goal straight away before Steven Sherlock’s point extended Cork’s advantage to four points (2-12 to 2-8).
