Great memories in two decades of Cork V Waterford clashes

A terrific rivalry comes with some explosive scores. Michael Moynihan lists the goals, points, sideline cuts — and one shot that hit the bar — which punctuate Cork-Waterford clashes of the last 20 years.

1998:  Sean O’Farrell goal, National League final

The narrative that grew up around Cork’s 1999 All-Ireland win was that it came out of nowhere. Not quite. Cork did win the previous year’s league final in a reasonable facsimile of a championship match — a fullish house in Thurles in summer weather, with Waterford in the opposite corner. Waterford were in the market for a national title themselves, but the game swung on an old-fashioned full-forward’s goal scored by Cork’s Sean O’Farrell. He didn’t have a lengthy career in red and white, but O’Farrell did his state some service by helping them to a crucial win in that Cork team’s development.