Cork Senior Hurling Championship 2008

Cork Senior Hurling Championship 2008

Championship Details
Sponsor	Evening Echo
Dates	3 May - 28 September
Teams	25
County Champions
Winners	Sarsfield's (3rd win)
Captain	Kieran 'Fraggy' Murphy
County Runners-up
Runners-up	Bride Rovers
Captain	Brian Murphy

The Cork Senior Hurling Championship 2008 was the 122nd since its establishment in 1887. The first matches of the season were played on 3 May 2008, and the championship ended on 28 September 2008. Erin's Own went into the 2008 championship as defending champions, having won their second county title the previous year.

The championship culminated with the county final, held at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork. The match was contested by Erin's Own and Bride Rovers. It was their very first meeting in a county final. Erin's Own won the game by 2-14 to 2-13. It was their second county title in succession and a third overall for the club.

Format

Twenty-five teams take part in the Cork Senior Hurling Championship. All games are played on an open-draw basis, however, these teams are divided into two sections:

• the club section contains 16 teams
• the divisional and college section contains 9 teams.

Killeagh Castlelyons Sarsfield's Ballinhassig

Midleton St. Catherine's Na Piarsaigh Carrigtwohill

Glen Rovers Cloyne St. Finbarr's Bride Rovers

Newtownshandrum Bishopstown Erin's Own Blackrock

In Round 1 each team will play one game so 8 games will be played altogether. The 8 winners of these games will advance directly to Round 3 which is, in effect, the last 16 of the championship.

In Round 2 the 8 losing teams from the first round will have another chance to make it to the knock-out stages of the championship. Each team will play one game so 4 games will be played altogether. The 4 winners of these games will advance directly to the last 16 of the championship.

The 4 losing teams from the second round will take part in the Relegation Play-Offs. Two semi-finals will be played with the two losing teams playing each other in the relegation final. The loser of this game will be relegated to the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship.

Divisional/College section

In 2007 the following 9 teams will be participating in the divisional and college section of the Cork SHC:

Seandún Avondhu Imokily

Carbery Muskerry Carrigdhoun

Duhallow UCC CIT

In Round 1 each team will play one game so 4 games will be played altogether. 3 of these will advance directly to the last 16 of the championship.

The fourth team will play the one remaining team in a Round 2 game. The winner of this game will advance directly to the last 16 of the championship. There will be no second chance for a divisional or college side to make in to the knock-out stages.

Fixtures

Divisional Draw

May 11 Round 1	CIT	0-16 – 2-10	Seandún	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Referee: C. McAlister (Aghada) [1]
	D. Crowley 0-7 (0-3 frees); S. Corcoran, L. Desmond (0-1 65) 0-2 each; S. White, D. Lynch, B. Aherne, T. Murphy, D. Mannix 0-1 each.		JP Murphy 1-5; J. Horgan 0-3 (frees); S. Kelly 1-0; I. Looney, K. Brosnan 0-1 each.

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May 11 Round 1	Imokilly	0-26 – 2-12	Duhallow	Doneraile [2]
	P O’Regan 0-9 (0-7f, 0-1 ‘65), E Enright 0-6, B Lawton 0-3, R Spillane, J Flavin 0-2 each, T O’Keeffe, P O’Brien, P Sloane, G O’Leary 0-1 each.		L McLoughlin 0-7 (0-6f), D Duane 1-1, D O’Sullivan 1-0, M Sheehy, D Murphy, J McLoughlin, N O’Callaghan 0-1 each.

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May 11 Round 1	UCC	3-22 – 1-9	Carbery

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May 18 Round 1 Replay	CIT	1-24 – 4-4	Seandún	Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork [3]
	L Desmond 0-7 (3f); D Crowley 1-3; B Corry, A Mannix (3 from f) 0-4 each; S Corcoran 0-3; T Murphy 0-2; G O’Mahony 0-1.		D Niblock 2-0; A Cadogan 1-1 (21, 65); K Brosnan 1-0; JP Murphy, J Masters, G McLoughlin 0-1 each.

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June 10 Round 1	Avondhu	1-25 – 2-18 (aet)	Muskerry

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May 24 Round 2	CIT	0-25 – 1-11	Carrigdhoun	Ballygarvan [4]

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First Round

May 3 Round 1	Killeagh	1-11 – 1-11	Castlelyons

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May 3 Round 1	Sarsfield's	2-9 – 2-8	Ballinhassig	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Referee: C. Lyons (Nemo Rangers) [5]
	P. Ryan 0-5 frees; G. McCarthy and K. Murphy 1-0 each; J. Murphy 0-2; C. McCarthy and T. Óg Murphy 0-1 each.		F. O’Leary 2-3; M. Coleman 0-3 frees; D. O’Sullivan and P. Coomey 0-1 each.

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May 4 Round 1	Newtownshandrum	0-17 – 1-10	Bishopstown	Carrigoon, Mallow [6]
	B. O’Connor 0-8 (0-4 frees); J. O’Connor 0-4; J. O’Connor 0-2; R. Clifford, JP King, PJ Copse 0-1 each.		P. Cronin 0-5 (0-4 frees); M. Power 1-0; S. O’Neill (free), J. Murphy, K. Coughlin, I. Jones, K. O’Driscoll, 0-1 each.

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May 9 Round 1 Replay	Killeagh	1-15 – 0-12	Castlelyons

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May 10 Round 1	Na Piarsaigh	1-21 – 1-12	Carrigtwohill	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Referee: D. Kirwan (Éire Óg) [7]
	C. Lynch 1-4 (0-4 frees); P. Gould 0-5; SJ O’Sullivan, R. McGregor, S. Glasgow, J. Gardiner (0-1 65), D. Mannix 0-2 each; M. Prendergast, R. Healy 0-1 each.		N. McCarthy 0-4 (0-3 frees); R. White 0-3; F. Flannery 0-2; M. McCarthy, B. Lordan, J. Barrett 0-1 each.

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May 10 Round 1	Glen Rovers	1-13 – 1-13	Cloyne	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork [8]
	P. Horgan 0-11 (0-8 frees); K. O’Callaghan 1-0; D. Cronin, D. Busteed 0-1 each.		P. O’Sullivan 0-4 (0-3 frees); J. Nyhan 1-0; M. Naughton, D. Cusack (0-2 65s, 0-1 free) 0-3 each; D. Ring 0-2 (0-1 free); Diarmuid O’Sullivan 0-1.

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May 11 Round 1	Midleton	0-15 – 1-10	St. Catherine’s	Lisgoold [9]
	M O’Connell 0-10 (0-8 frees), P Haughney 0-2, S Hennessy, L Walsh and A Ryan 0-1 each.		S Cotter 0-6 (0-4 frees), P O’Connell 1-0, M Fitzgerald 0-2 (frees), D Farrell and S Kearney 0-1 each.

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May 11 Round 1	Erin's Own	1-16 – 0-7	Blackrock	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork [10]
	E. Murphy 1-7 (0-5 frees, 0-1 65); M. O’Carroll, A. Bowen, C. Coakley 0-2 each; P. Kelly, S. Kelly, D. O’Flynn 0-1 each.		D. Cashman (frees), D. Gosnell 0-2 each; P. Tierney, J. Young, D. Coughlan 0-1 each.

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May 17 Round 1 Replay	Glen Rovers	1-17 – 2-10	Cloyne	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Referee: J. Sexton (Ballyhea) [11]
	P Horgan 0-13 (0-10 frees); K. O’Callaghan 1-0; D. Busteed, S. Kennefick, S. McDonald, G. Callinan 0-1 each.		P. O’Sullivan 1-7 (0-5 frees); C. Cusack 1-0; D. Ring, Diarmuid O’Sullivan, Donal O’Sullivan 0-1 each.

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May 18 Round 1	St. Finbarr’s	0-11 – 0-9	Bride Rovers	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Referee: J. Sexton (Ballyhea) [12]
	K Murray (frees), C McCarthy (0-1 free), M Ryan 0-2 each; J Neville, R O’Mahony, R Curran (free), S Nott, J Crowley 0-1 each.		J O’Driscoll 0-6 (0-5 frees, 0-1 65); C O’Keeffe 0-2; R Cahill 0-1.

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Second Round

May 23 Round 2	Cloyne	0-17 – 0-14	Carrigtwohill

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May 23 Round 2	Castleyons	3-10 – 0-15	St. Catherine’s	Fermoy [13]

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May 24 Round 2	Blackrock	3-9 – 1-10	Bishopstown	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork [14]

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May 25 Round 2	Bride Rovers	3-7 – 1-13	Ballinhassig	Riverstown, Glanmire Referee: D. Kirwan (Éire Óg) [15]

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June 14 Round 2 Replay	Bride Rovers	0-10 – 0-9	Ballinhassig

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Third Round

June 14 Round 3	St. Finbarr’s	0-14 – 0-14	Blackrock	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork [16]
	A. Browne (1f) and D. Cashman 0-3 each, B. O’Keeffe, C. O’Leary, A. Coughlan (1f, 1 65) 0-2 each, W. Sherlock and D. Gosnell 0-1 each.		R. O’Mahony and G. McCarthy 0-3 each, K. Murray (2f) and J. Crowley 0-2 each, C. McCarthy, A. Fitzpatrick, G. O’Connor and M. Ryan 0-1 each.

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June 14 Round 3	Glen Rovers	1-13 – 0-11	Na Piarsaigh	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Referee: D. Kirwan (Éire Óg) [17]
	P. Horgan 0-6 (0-4 frees), E. Cronin 1-0, K. O’Callaghan and D. Goggin 0-2 each, D. Busteed, J. Anderson, D. Dorris 0-1 each.		C. Lynch 0-5 (0-4 frees), S. J. O’Sullivan 0-2, P. Gould, S. Óg Ó hAilpín, C. O’Sullivan, R. Groegor 0-1 each.

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June 17 Round 3	Avondhu	2-12 – 0-17 (aet)	CIT	Rathcormac Referee: C. McAlister (Aghada) [18]
	N. Ronan 0-6 (0-3 frees, 0-1 65); D. Moher 0-3; M. O’Sullivan, A. O’Brien 1-0 each; Donal Relihan, Dave Relihan, B. Murphy 0-1 each.		L. Desmond 0-7 (0-3 frees, 0-2 65s); B. Corry, J. Moylan 0-3 each; D. Coughlan, S. Corcoran, G. O’Riordan, L. Mannix 0-1 each.

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June 20 Round 3	Sarsfield's	1-16 – 2-9	Cloyne	Clonmult Park, Midleton [19]
	P Ryan 0-6 (0-4f), P Barry 1-1, J Murphy 0-3, T Og Murphy 0-2, K Murphy, C McCarthy, D Kearney, D Roche 0-1 each.		C O'Sullivan, C Cusack 1-0 each, P O'Sullivan 0-4 (0-1f), D 6g Cusack 0-2 (0-1f, 0-1 65), C Reiily, D O'Sullivan, M Naughton 0-1 each.

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June 20 Round 3	Erin's Own	2-15 – 1-16	Killeagh	Clonmult Park, Midleton Referee: C. Lyons (Nemo Rangers) [20]
	E. Murphy 0-7 (0-4 frees); A. Bowen, P. McGrath (og) 1-0 each; M. O’Connor 0-3; S. Kelly 0-2; M. Murphy. S. Bowen (free), B. Clifford 0-1 each.		J. Deane 0-10 (0-4 free); J. Budds 1-1; A. Walsh, B. Collins, L. Collins, D. Kelleher, B. Barry 0-1 each.

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June 21 Round 3	Newtownshandrum	1-16 – 2-12	Castlelyons	Carrigoon, Mallow [21]

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June 22 Round 3	Bride Rovers	1-11 – 1-10	Midleton

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June 22 Round 3 Replay	Blackrock	1-14 – 2-4	St. Finbarr’s

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June 22 Round 3	UCC	0-13 – 0-13	Imokilly

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June 30 Round 3 Replay	UCC	2-24 – 1-20 (aet)	Imokilly	Riverstown Park, Glanmire

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Relegation Play-Offs

June 13 Semi-final	Bishopstown	0-15 – 0-8	St. Catherine’s

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June 28 Semi-final	Ballinhassig	1-15 – 1-11	Carrigtwohill	Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork Referee: D. Copps (Ballyhea) [22]
	P. Coomey 1-2; D. O’Callaghan 0-5 (0-3 frees); F. O’Leary 0-3; M. Coleman 0-2 (0-1 free); M. Aherne, B. O’Sullivan (free), D. Dineen 0-1 each.		N. McCarthy 0-7 (0-6 frees); S. Farrell 1-0; J. Barrett 0-2; S. Dineen, S. Flannery 0-1 each.

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August 16 Final	Carrigtwohill	1-12 – 1-10	St. Catherine’s	Clonmult Park, Midleton Referee: J. Sexton (Ballyhea) [23]
	R. White 0-6 (0-5f); S. O’Farrell 1-0; N. McCarthy, M. Fitzgerald (0-1 65, 0-1 free) 0-2 each; J. Barrett, S. Flannery 0-1 each.		S. Cotter 0-4 (0-2f); Junior Sheehan 1-0; R. O’Connell, K. Morrison 0-2 each; S. Kearney, M., Fitzgerald (free) 0-1 each.

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Quarter-finals

August 17 Quarter-final	Glen Rovers	3-11 – 0-15	Blackrock	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Referee: C. McAlister (Aghada) [24]
	P. Horgan 1-6 (0-3 frees, 0-2 65s); E. Cronin 2-0; D. Cunningham, G. Callinan, D. Goggin, C. O’Callaghan, D. Busteed 0-1 each.		A. Browne 0-8 (0-2 frees); A. Coughlan 0-3 (0-2 frees); C. O’Leary 0-2; B. O’Keeffe, J. Young 0-1 each.

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August 23 Quarter-final	Bride Rovers	0-15 - 1-7	Avondhu	Fermoy Referee: [25]
	P Murphy 0-1, M Kearney 0-1, S Ryan 0-2, J O’Driscoll 0-4 (0-2 f, 0-1 pen), B Johnson 0-6 (0-3 65, 0-1f), C O’Keeffe 0-1.		J O’Callaghan 0-4 (0-2f), A O’Brien (Kildorrery (0-1), P O’Brien (1-1), P Dineen (0-1).

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August 24 Quarter-final	Erin's Own	2-12 – 0-14	UCC	Clonmult Park, Midleton Referee: A Cummins (Ballymartle) [26]
	E Murphy 1-7 (0-6f), D O’Flynn 1-1, S Bowen 0-2 (0-2f), M Murphy, K Murphy 0-1 each.		J Halbert 0-6 (0-4f, 0-1 ‘65), M Cahill 0-3, B O’Sullivan 0-2, A Nash (0-1f), D O’Sullivan, K Hartnett 0-1 each.

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September 6 Quarter-final	Sarsfield's	1-16 – 1-12	Newtownshandrum	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Referee: D. Kirwan (Éire Óg) [27]
	P Ryan 0-7 (0-4f, 0-2 '65's), T Óg Murphy 1-2, R O' Driscoll and K Murphy 0-3, P Barry 0-1.		R Clifford 1-2, B 0' Connor 0-5 (0-2 frees), C Naughton 0-3, J.P King 0-2.

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Semi-finals

September 6 Semi-final	Bride Rovers	1-11 - 1-9	Erin's Own	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Referee: C. Lyons (Nemo Rangers) [28]
	J O’Driscoll 0-7 (0-6f), M Collins 1-2, B Johnson and M Kearney 0-1 each.		M O’Connor 1-2, S Kelly and E Murphy (0-1f) 0-2 each, D O’Flynn, K Murphy, M O’Carroll 0-1 each.

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September 14 Semi-final	Sarsfield's	1-20 - 1-18	Glen Rovers	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Referee: D. Copps (Ballyhea) [29]
	P Ryan 0-5 (0-3f, 0-2 '65), C McCarthy 1-1, T Og Murphy 1-0, P Barry 0-3, M Cussen, R O'Driscoll 0-2 each, K Murphy 0-1.		P Horgan 0-7 (0-4f, 0-2 '65), E Cronin 0-4, D Cunningham, D Busteed, K O'Callaghan, G Callinan, D Goggin, J Anderson 0-1 each.

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Final

September 28	Sarsfield's	2-14 – 2-13	Bride Rovers	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Attendance: 12,136 Referee: J. Sexton (Ballyhea)
	P. Ryan (0-6) M. Cussen (1-2) R. O’Driscoll (1-0) K. Murphy (0-2) C. McCarthy (0-1) D. Kearney (0-1) D. Roche (0-1) T. Óg Murphy (0-1)	(report)	S. Ryan 1-3 J. O’Driscoll (0-6) K. Collins 1-0 B. Johnson (0-2) M. Collins (0-1) R. Cahill (0-1)

SARSFIELD'S: GK 1 A. Kennedy RCB 2 R. Ryan FB 3 J. Barry LCB 4 C. O'Sullivan RWB 5 D. Kearney 44' CB 6 C. Leahy LWB 7 B. McCarthy M 8 P. Ryan M 9 K. Murphy (c) RWF 10 C. McCarthy CF 11 R. Murphy 32' LWF 12 M. Cussen RCF 13 R. O'Driscoll FF 14 P. Barry LCF 15 T. Óg Murphy Substitutes: CF J. Murphy 32' RWB D. Roche 44'

BRIDE ROVERS: GK 1 D. Fitzgerald RCB 2 A. Collins 4' FB 3 B. Walsh LCB 4 T. Moloney 49' RWB 5 Barry Murphy CB 6 Brian Murphy (c) LWB 7 J. Murphy M 8 P. Murphy M 9 B. Johnson RWF 10 S. Ryan CF 11 J. O'Driscoll LWF 12 M. Kearney RCF 13 M. Collins FF 14 D. Ryan 56' LCF 15 K. Collins 48' Substitutes: RCB P. Walsh 4' LCF R. Cahill 48' LCB C. O'Keeffe 49' FF N. Fitzgerald 56'

MATCH RULES

• 60 minutes
• Replay if scores level

Championship statistics

Scoring

• Widest winning margin: 19 points
  • UCC 3-22 : 1-9 Carbery (Divisional draw)
• Most goals in a match: 5
• Most points in a match: 44
  • UCC 2-24 : 1-20 Imokilly (Round Three replay)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 4
  • Seandún 4-4 : 1-24 CIT (Divisional draw)
• Most goals scored by a losing team: 4
  • Seandún 4-4 : 1-24 CIT (Divisional draw)
• Most points scored by a losing team: 23
  • Imokilly 1-20 : 2-24 UCC (Round Three replay)

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Tally[1]	Total
1	Pat Horgan	Glen Rovers	1-43	46
2	Jerome O'Driscoll	Bride Rovers	2-35	41
3	Timmy McCarthy	Castlelyons	3-29	38
4	Eoin Murphy	Erin's Own	2-23	29
	Pat Ryan	Sarsfield's	0-29	29
6	John Halbert	UCC	1-23	26
7	Paddy O'Regan	Imokilly	0-24	24
8	Joe Deane	Killeagh	0-23	23
9	Paudie O'Sullivan	Cloyne	1-19	22
	Ben O'Connor	Newtownshandrum	0-22	22

References

1. ^ "Hurling Top Scorers 2008". Cork GAA. http://www.corkgaaresults.com/senior-club-hurling-scorers-2008.html. Retrieved 2009-08-31. 

External links

• Cork Senior Club Hurling - 2008
• Official GAA Website

See also