Donegal are up against Cork in an All-Ireland Round 4B Qualifier at Croke Park this afternoon – and you can keep abreast of all the action here.
FT: McBrearty ends with 11 points and a black card. Donegal advance. Dublin next for Rory Gallagher’s men. it’ll be a SIXTH QF in a row for Donegal.
Just the 11 points now for McBrearty. What a display. DOnegal by four now with time almost up.
Wonder score there by Ryan McHugh. Donegal lead by three.
66 mins: Murphy converts a free. Donegal by two. Donegal 0-19 Cork 1-14
62 mins: Patrick McBrearty, his TENTH score of the day, puts Donegal 0-18 to 1-14 ahead
54 mins: Fine kick by Eoin McHugh, his second of the day, and we’re level again. Donegal 0-17 Cork 1-14
53 mins: McBrearty – with his ninth point – brings Donegal within one again. Donegal 0-16 Cork 1-14
52 mins: O’Neill points a free and Cork ahead by two. Donegal 0-15 Cork 1-14
47 mins: Mac Niallais draws Donegal level. Now, Colm O’Neill is in for O’Connor. All square
46 mins: Leo McLoone is on for Kavanagh
46 mins: Aidan Walsh with a neat point has Cork ahead again. Donegal 0-14 Cork 1-12
43 mins: Kieran Gillespie is on to replace Eamon McGee in the Donegal side. Donegal defence has been leaky today.
43 mins: Ryan McHugh, as he did in the Ulster final, scores a superb point. Donegal level once again. Donegal 0-14 Cork 1-11
42 mins: Colm O’Driscoll and McBrearty trade points and Colm O’Driscoll puts Cork ahead again.
40 mins: Cork have been really good at their responses. And Mark Collins gets on the mark to restore the lead. Donegal 0-12 Cork 1-10
39 mins: Donegal are level as Frank McGlynn gets on the mark. Donegal 0-12 Cork 1-9
The teams are back out for the second half here. Cork leading 1-9 to 0-11
HT: Donncha O’Connor fires over a point with the last kick of the opening half. Cork ahead. 1-9 to 0-11
35 mins: Big moment there as Ian Maguire is denied a certain goal by a brilliant block from Neil McGee
32 mins: Cork get up for another immediate reply. Clancy the scorer. Level game. Donegal 0-11 Cork 1-8
32 mins: Lacey lofts over after Mac Niallais feeds him on the run. Donegal lead for the first time. Donegal 0-11 Cork 1-7
30 mins: Murphy and Ryan McHugh hit quickfire points and it’s level. Donegal 0-10 Cork 1-7
28 mins: McBrearty bags his seventh, after Kevin O’Driscoll hit the target for Cork. McBrearty is really in five-star territory here. Donegal 0-8 Cork 1-7
26 mins: McBrearty drills over another fine point after a hand-off from McElhinney. His sixth point of the day. Only for him… Donegal 0-7 Cork 1-6
Cork playing like a team whereas Donegal carrying a passenger or three. Cork 1-6 Donegal 0-6 #GAA #sportlive
— John Fogarty (@JohnFogartyIrl) July 30, 2016
21 mins: Donegal in need of a spark here. Eoin McHugh and McBrearty land points, but Cork lead. Cork 1-6 Donegal 0-6
WOW. GOAL for Cork. Paul Kerrigan cracks past Mark Anthony McGinley. Cork 1-6 Donegal 0-4
15 mins: McBrearty gets his fourth point of the day…but O’Driscoll hits back immediately Donegal 0-4 Cork 0-6
14 mins: Clancy penalised for touching the ball on the ground and McBrearty has another chance from a free.
13 mins: Cork respond with a neat point by Paul Kerrigan. Donegal 0-3 Cork 0-5
12 mins: Patrick McBrearty sails over a free. Donegal 0-3 Cork 0-4
Never mind football, this is like a game of Bulldog from the school year back in the day! #running #CORvDON
— Alan O'Mara (@AOMTHECAT) July 30, 2016
9 mins: Donncha O’Connor does what he does. Superb curling point makes it Donegal 0-2 Cork 0-4
7 mins: Sean Powter, last year’s minor captain, is in for his first start today and he cuts through Donegal to fire over and put Cork in front. Donegal 0-2 Cork 0-3
5 mins: A point made in Kilcar. Ryan and Eoin McHugh combine and McBrearty drills over. All square. Donegal 0-2 Cork 0-2
[adrotate group=”46″]4 mins: Patrick McBrearty lands a brilliant point for Donegal. Were men free had McBrearty took a little glance earlier. Donegal 0-1 Cork 0-2
3 mins: Kevin O’Driscoll converts and Cork lead by two. Donegal 0-0 Cork 0-2
2: Tomás Clancy puts Cork ahead. Donegal 0-0 Cork 0-1
The game is underway at Croke Park…
Eamon McGee is in on the Donegal team. no place today for Kieran Gillespie
[adrotate group=”43″]Rory Gallagher named the same team as that which he named for the Ulster final: Mark Anthony McGinley; Paddy McGrath, Neil McGee, Kieran Gillespie; Ryan McHugh, Karl Lacey, Frank McGlynn; Rory Kavanagh, Martin McElhinney; Anthony Thompson, Odhrán Mac Niallais, Eoin McHugh; Patrick McBrearty, Michael Murphy, Martin O’Reilly.
However, he did make a change that day with Eamon McGee replacing Martin McElhinney…
Donegal v Cork raises memories of a great day out for Donegal – the All-Ireland semi-final of 2012. Donegal – and their manager, Rory Gallagher, especially – could do with re-enacting that afternoon. Piece here – http://www.donegalsporthub.com/mind-matter-rory-gallagher-donegal-look-re-enact-finest-hour/
The Donegal minors are into the All-Ireland MFC semi-finals after a superb second half display against Cork today. Read a report of their win here – http://www.donegalsporthub.com/26724-2/
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