Clare–Cork hurling rivalry

Cork–Clare
LocationCounty Clare
County Cork
Teams Clare
Cork
First meetingClare 2–9 – 3–4 Cork
1899 Munster semi-final
(13 May 1900)
Latest meetingClare 3-29 Cork 1-34
2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
(21 July 2024)
Next meetingTBA
Statistics
Meetings total62
Most player appearances Christy Ring (10)
Top scorer Christy Ring (4–41)
All-time seriesChampionship: Cork 40–17 Clare
(5 draws)
Largest victoryCork 6–8 – 0–2 Clare
1922 Munster quarter-final
(22 April 1923)

The Cork–Clare rivalry is a hurling rivalry between Irish county teams Cork and Clare.

While both teams play provincial hurling in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, having won 35 championship titles between them to date. They played one another for the first time at an All Ireland Final at the 2013 final on 8 September 2013.[1] This match ended in a draw and Clare won the replay 5–16 – 3–16.[1] Clare beat Cork again in the 2024 All Ireland final in extra time.[2]

Roots

History

While Cork are regarded as one of the "big three" of hurling, with Kilkenny and Tipperary completing the trio, Clare have generally been regarded as one of the minnows of hurling for much of their championship lives. Due to both teams playing in the Munster series, meetings between Cork and Clare have been regular since the beginning of the provincial championship in 1888.

The first great era of the rivalry came between 1927 and 1932, when Cork and Clare played each other on six occasions. While Cork had the bragging rights from the first three games, Clare defeated Cork, who were the reigning All-Ireland champions, in 1930. It was only their third ever defeat of Cork and a first in sixteen years. Cork reasserted their supremacy the following year by defeating Clare and claiming the subsequent All-Ireland crown, however, Clare dumped a depleted Cork team out of the championship in 1932.

The rivalry reached new heights in 1977 and 1978, when the Munster decider on both occasions was contested by Cork and Clare. Clare won the National Hurling League in both 1977 and 1978 and had high hopes of claiming championship honours. The era belonged to Cork, however, as their triumph in both provincial deciders led to the team securing a hat-trick of All-Ireland crowns.

One of the most intense periods in the rivalry occurred between 1993 and 1999. For the first time ever, Clare secured four successive championship victories over Cork (1993, 1995, 1997 and 1998). In 1999 Clare, as Munster champions, faced Cork in one of the defining games of the year. In a changing of the guard, a young Cork team triumphed over a Clare team who had won two All-Ireland titles and three Munster titles in the previous three years.

Statistics

Up to date as of the end of the 2024 Championship season

Team All-Ireland Munster National League Total
Cork 30 54 14 98
Clare 5 7 5 17
Combined 35 61 19 115

All time results

Cork win
Clare win
Drawn game
No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Competition
1. 13 May 1900 Clare (1) 2–9 – 3–4 Cork Tipperary MSHC semi-final
2. 26 April 1903 Cork (1) 3–10 – 2–6 Clare Markets Field MSHC final
3. 28 June 1903 Cork (2) 6–7 – 3–3 Clare Tipperary MSHC quarter-final
4. 20 September 1914 Clare (2) 3–2 – 3–1 Cork Thurles Sportsfield MSHC final
5. 26 September 1915 Cork (3) 8–2 – 2–1 Clare Markets Field MSHC final
6. 22 April 1923 Cork (4) 6–8 – 0–2 Clare Markets Field MSHC quarter-final
7. 7 August 1927 Cork (5) 5–3 – 3–4 Clare Markets Field MSHC final
8. 15 July 1928 Cork 2–2 – 2–2 Clare Thurles Sportsfield MSHC final
9. 29 July 1928 Cork (6) 6–4 – 2–2 Clare Thurles Sportsfield MSHC final replay
10. 6 July 1930 Clare (3) 6–6 – 5–6 Cork Ennis Road MSHC semi-final
11. 28 June 1931 Cork (7) 3–4 – 1–6 Clare Thurles Sportsfield MSHC quarter-final
12. 31 July 1932 Clare (4) 5–2 – 4–1 Cork Thurles Sportsfield MSHC final
13. 14 July 1935 Cork (8) 8–3 – 2–4 Clare Gaelic Grounds MSHC quarter-final
14. 5 July 1936 Clare 4–4 – 3–7 Cork Gaelic Grounds MSHC quarter-final
15. 12 July 1936 Clare (5) 9–1 – 2–3 Cork Gaelic Grounds MSHC quarter-final replay
16. 7 July 1940 Cork (9) 7–6 – 3–5 Clare Gaelic Grounds MSHC quarter-final
17. 9 June 1946 Cork (10) 2–9 – 2–1 Clare Gaelic Grounds MSHC quarter-final
18. 15 June 1947 Cork (11) 4–9 – 0–4 Clare Gaelic Grounds MSHC quarter-final
19. 1 July 1951 Cork (12) 5–7 – 3–5 Clare Gaelic Grounds MSHC semi-final
20. 28 June 1953 Cork (13) 2–11 – 4–2 Clare Gaelic Grounds MSHC semi-final
21. 5 June 1955 Clare (6) 3–8 – 2–10 Cork Thurles Sportsfield MSHC semi-final
22. 12 May 1957 Cork (14) 4–10 – 2–6 Clare Thurles Sportsfield MSHC quarter-final
23. 18 May 1958 Cork (15) 5–9 – 3–9 Clare Thurles Sportsfield MSHC quarter-final
24. 21 June 1959 Cork (16) 4–15 – 1–3 Clare Thurles Sportsfield MSHC semi-final
25. 12 June 1960 Cork (17) 2–12 – 1–11 Clare Thurles Sportsfield MSHC semi-final
26. 26 May 1963 Cork (18) 4–15 – 2–11 Clare Thurles Sportsfield MSHC quarter-final
27. 19 June 1966 Cork 3–8 – 3–8 Clare Gaelic Grounds MSHC quarter-final
28. 3 July 1966 Cork (19) 5–11 – 1–7 Clare Gaelic Grounds MSHC quarter-final replay
29. 11 May 1969 Cork 2–11 – 4–5 Clare Thurles Sportsfield MSHC quarter-final
30. 15 June 1969 Cork (20) 3–8 – 1–4 Clare Thurles Sportsfield MSHC quarter-final replay
31. 30 July 1972 Cork (21) 6–18 – 2–8 Clare Semple Stadium MSHC final
32. 29 June 1975 Cork (22) 3–14 – 1–9 Clare Gaelic Grounds MSHC semi-final
33. 10 July 1977 Cork (23) 4–15 – 4–10 Clare Semple Stadium MSHC final
34. 30 July 1978 Cork (24) 0–13 – 0–11 Clare Semple Stadium MSHC final
35. 14 June 1981 Clare (7) 2–15 2–13 Cork Semple Stadium MSHC semi-final
36. 20 June 1982 Cork (25) 3–19 – 2–6 Clare Semple Stadium MSHC semi-final
37. 20 July 1986 Cork (26) 2–18 – 3–12 Clare Fitzgerald Stadium MSHC final
38. 19 June 1988 Cork (27) 3–22 – 2–9 Clare Semple Stadium MSHC semi-final
39. 13 June 1993 Clare (8) 2–7 – 0–10 Cork Gaelic Grounds MSHC semi-final
40. 4 June 1995 Clare (9) 2–13 – 3–9 Cork Gaelic Grounds MSHC semi-final
41. 8 June 1997 Clare (10) 1–19 – 0–18 Cork Gaelic Grounds MSHC semi-final
42. 21 June 1998 Clare (11) 0–21 – 0–13 Cork Semple Stadium MSHC semi-final
43. 4 July 1999 Cork (28) 1–15 – 0–14 Clare Semple Stadium MSHC final
44. 9 June 2003 Cork (29) 1–18 – 0–10 Clare Semple Stadium MSHC semi-final
45. 14 August 2005 Cork (30) 0–16 – 0–15 Clare Croke Park AISHC semi-final
46. 28 May 2006 Cork (32) 0–20 – 0–14 Clare Semple Stadium MSHC semi-final
47. 27 May 2007 Cork (32) 1–18 – 1–11 Clare Semple Stadium MSHC quarter-final
48. 27 July 2008 Cork (33) 2–19 – 2–17 Clare Semple Stadium AISHC quarter-final
49. 23 June 2013 Cork (34) 0–23 – 0–15 Clare Gaelic Grounds MSHC semi-final
50. 8 September 2013 Cork 3–16 – 0–25 Clare Croke Park AISHC Final
51. 28 September 2013 Clare (12) 5–16 – 3–16 Cork Croke Park AISHC Final
52. 15 June 2014 Cork (35) 2–23 – 2–18 Clare Semple Stadium MSHC semi-final
53. 11 July 2015 Cork (36) 0–20 – 0–17 Clare Semple Stadium All Ireland Qualifiers
54. 9 July 2017 Cork (37) 1–25 – 1–20 Clare Semple Stadium MSHC final
55. 20 May 2018 Cork (38) 2–23 – 1–21 Clare Páirc Uí Chaoimh MSHC Round 1
56. 1 July 2018 Cork (39) 2–24 – 3–19 Clare Semple Stadium MSHC final
57. 16 July 2019 Clare (13) 2–23 – 2–18 Cork Cusack Park MSHC Round 5
58. 24 July 2021 Cork (40) 3–19 – 1–23 Clare Gaelic Grounds All-Ireland Qualifiers
59. 1 May 2022 Clare (14) 0–28 – 2–20 Cork Semple Stadium MSHC Round 3
60. 21 May 2023[3] Clare (15) 2–22 – 3–18 Cork Cusack Park MSHC Round 4
61. 28 April 2024[4] Clare (16) 3–26 – 3–24 Cork Páirc Uí Chaoimh MSHC Round 2
62. 21 July 2024[2] Clare (17) 3–29 – 1–34 (AET) Cork Croke Park AISHC Final

References

  1. ^ a b "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final Replay – Clare 5–16 Cork 3–16". Munster GAA. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Clare stay the course as Cork fall agonisingly short in terrific All-Ireland final". Irish Times. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Munster SHC: Clare edge thriller". GAA. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Clare take Cork's best shot but come out smiling in thrilling Munster clash". Irish Times. Retrieved 28 April 2024.