Cleary stars as classy Cork reign supreme

CORK retained their Bord Gáis Energy Ladies National Football League Division 1 crown with a devastating performance against Mayo in Saturday’s Kiltoom decider.

Jim McEvoy’s charges proved far too good for the outclassed Westerners as they ran out 1-20 to 0-11 winners at the superbly-turned out Roscommon venue.

The reigning Munster and All-Ireland kingpins collected the league title for the fourth time in five seasons and had 12 points to spare at the finish. The result of this tie was in no doubt from an early stage and Rhona Buckley’s first half goal helped to open up a comfortable 1-10 to 0-5 half-time advantage.