All-Ireland GAA Hurling Championship Qualifier Round 3 – Galway 2-23 Cork 1-14

Galway defeated Cork by 2-23 to 1-14 in the All-Ireland GAA Hurling Championship Qualifier Round 3 match on Saturday at the Gaelic Grounds Limerick.

Team News

The Cork Senior Hurling team to play Galway on Saturday at 4pm in the Gaelic Grounds will line out as follows:

1. Donal Óg Cusack

Cloyne

2. Stephen McDonnell 3. Eoin Cadogan 4. Brian Murphy

Glen Rovers Douglas Bride Rovers

5. John Gardiner 6. Ronan Curran 7. Shane O’Neill

Na Piarsaigh St. Finbarr’s Bishopstown

8. Jerry O’Connor 9. William Egan

Newtownshandrum Kilbrin

10. Ben O’Connor 11. Cian McCarthy 12. Niall McCarthy

Newtownshandrum Sarsfields Carrigtwohill

13. Luke O’Farrell 14. Paudie O’Sullivan 15. Patrick Horgan

Midleton Cloyne Glen Rovers

Captain: Shane O’Neill

Subs:

16. Martin Coleman – Ballinhassig

17. Eoin Dillon – Milford

18. Shane Murphy- Erins own

19. James Nagle – Midleton

20. Lorcan McLoughlin – Kanturk

21. Cathal Naughton – Newtownshandrum

22. Bill Cooper – Youghal

23. Jamie Coughlan – Newtownshandrum

24. Kieran Murphy – Sarsfields

25. Conor Lehane – Midleton.

26. Michael Cussen – Sarsfields

Galway (SH v Cork): J Skehill; F Moore, S Kavanagh, D Collins; D Barry, T Óg Regan, A Cullinane; D Burke, A Smith; J Gantley, G Farragher, I Tannian; D Hayes, Canning, A Kerins.

Match Preview

2011 Championship

Tipperary 3-22 Cork 0-23; Cork 10-20 Laois 1-13; Cork 2-17 Offaly 2-16.

Dublin 0-19 Galway 2-7; Galway 4-25 Clare 0-20.

This will be the 32nd championship clash between the counties, stretching back to 1901 when they met for the first time in the All-Ireland Semi-final which Cork won by 7-12 to 1-3. Cork lead 26-5 from the previous 31 clashes with Galway’s five wins coming in 1975-79-85-2002-2009. Their last meeting in 2009 was also in the All-Ireland qualifiers with Galway winning by 1-19 to 0-15 in Thurles in a game where Joe Canning scored 0-10, Damien Hayes 1-3 and Joe Gantley 1-0 for the winners. Ben O’Connor was Cork’s top scorer on 0-9. Cork won on a 1-20 to 1-17 scoreline when the counties clashed in this year’s Allianz Hurling League in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Last Five Championship Clashes

2009: Galway 1-19 Cork 0-15 (All-Ireland qualifiers)

2008: Cork 0-23 Galway 2-15 (All-Ireland qualifiers)

2005: Cork 1-21 Galway 1-16 (All-Ireland final)

2002: Galway 0-21 Cork 1-9 (All-Ireland qualifier)

1990: Cork 5-15 Galway 2-21 (All-Ireland final)

Cork 3 Galway 2