Banner implode as Cork hit top gear
Clare play neighbours Limerick on Sunday in what could well decide the destination of the title in Division Two, but after 35 minutes on Saturday one would have been forgiven for thinking they, not Cork, were the top flight side.
Ahead at the break 3-7 to 0-8, they sliced through the Cork defence almost at will. Full-forward Diarmuid McMahon had the first goal (4th minute), a powerful double on a long Nicky O’Connell delivery, then Conor McGrath was on target (15th minute) after wing-back Pat Donnellan timed the scoring pass to perfection, andfinally, in injury-time, full-back James McInerney blasted home from a 20 metre free.
