Galway and Cork like playing each other... maybe too much

Galway have beaten Cork in their last five championship meetings, stretching all the way back to 2009.

The most recent championship meeting of Cork and Galway was the Tribe's one-point 2022 quarter-final victory. Pic: Daire Brennan/Sportsfile

You may see multiple references to a lopsided head-to-head this week, so we just thought we’d get out of the traps early and spell out the maroon hue to the Cork-Galway relationship of the past 17 years.

The basic numbers: Galway have bested Cork in the last five championship meetings between the counties, stretching all the way back to 2009. Within that are two qualifier wins in 2009 and ‘11, two All-Ireland quarter-final triumphs in 2015 and ‘22, and the five-point 2012 semi-final victory.