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Clare secured a quarter-final spot at this year’s Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship in Dublinexpense as they won by 11 points at P. McNamara Park this afternoon, 1-18 to 1-07.
It was a knockout championship in all but name at the Ennis venue, following Tipperary’s win over Dublin in the previous round, and the tension was palpable from the start.
In a tight opening half, neither side was able to build a dominant advantage. Dublin’s Aisling Maher signaled a pair of free hits, Chloe Morey hit a ’45 between the posts and Eimear Kelly hit the first four scores of the game.
Mairéad Scanlon edged Clare ahead, but Dublin winger Niamh Gannon produced a truly standout moment when she pushed forward to fire a rousing score with 25 minutes remaining, in a game in which every score was hard-earned.
The Dubs managed to advance to the front through Maher, but Clare’s tough run and supportive play on the front line put Dublin’s discipline to the test at tackle and they advanced 0-6 to 0-4 up front at halftime thanks to three unanswered entries. two of them from dead ball spots.
An impressive performance in the third quarter by the locals effectively resolved the contest.
Player of the match Niamh O’Dea led the way with a commanding display in center, anchoring a powerful defensive unit, and they slowly began to walk away with three more unanswered points.
Scanlon scored from an acute angle in another high-quality moment for the Banner women and as Dublin dug in her heels, Ger O’Connor’s women delivered a decisive blow in the 38th minute.
Dublin couldn’t deal with a delivery from Orlaith Duggan and it was Scanlon who reacted the quickest, picking up the sliotar and shooting it to the back of the net to move Clare eight points ahead.
Clare scored four more unanswered touchdowns, bolstering her grip on the match and suffocating life outside of Dublin at the same time, with very few attempts on goal from Aisling Corbett.
Corbett was finally beaten in the 59th minute when Sinéad Wilde’s shot overtook the Scariff-Ogonolloe custodian, but it was academic as Clare advanced to the Ireland quarterfinals, leaving behind her loss to Tipperary.
After 237 days without a competitive game, cork returned to action exactly as they would have liked, beating Wexford from 3-12 to 1-08.
Wexford will feel that the losing margin doesn’t tell the whole story, as two late goals from Cork added sparkle to the victory.
Paudie Murray’s Cork side started off slowly with the sides leveled at two points each in the early stages. However, the 2018 All-Ireland winners began to adjust to the contest, and Orla Cronin’s precision from free practice helped Cork establish an advantage.
Amy Connor found the net in the first half when she scored 1-2 in the first 30 minutes of action, with Cronin’s first five free-kicks contributing to a 1-8 to 0-6 lead at halftime.
Linda Bolger converted three set balls and Shelley Keogh added two well-taken game touchdowns for Wexford.
Wexford managed to counter with a goal in the early stages of the second half to reduce his delays to two points. With Ciara O’Connor excelling as a central defender, they continued to frustrate their opponents with Cork only leading by three at the break for water.
However, Cork gathered all his experience and a second goal from Amy O’Connor sealed the victory. Substitute Saoirse McCarthy added a third when Cork found the scores they needed to prepare for a top-of-the-table clash against Galway next weekend.
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