Martina O’Brien: ‘We have beaten Dublin, just not in the important matches’

Cork captain Martina O’Brien during the Lidl Ladies NFL finals captains day at Croke Park. The Lidl Ladies NFL Div 1 and 2 finals take place on Saturday. Kerry play Meath in the Division 2 final at 5pm, followed by the Division 1 final pairing of Cork and Dublin at 7.30pm. Picture: Brendan Moran

It’s not that Cork haven’t managed to beat Dublin since the latter replaced the former in 2017 as the dominant force in ladies football.

Cork’s 2017 and 2019 league semi-final wins over Dublin stand as the only two occasions where Mick Bohan’s charges have lost a knockout fixture, league or championship, during their past four All-Ireland winning seasons.