Shamrock Rovers put spanner in the works for Cork City

Shamrock Rovers 3 Cork City 1: Cork City still have plenty of time to wrap up this Premier Division title — six games, to be exact — but what looked for so long like a procession has come to resemble more of a tired stumble for the finishing line.

Defeat underneath the shadow of the Dublin mountains last night was the third in five league games for John Caulfield’s league leaders, and a fourth in eight in all competitions, but the summit remains well within their reach.

Another five points will still do it, after all.