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26th February 2023
03:11pm GMT

Orlaith Cahalane scored one of Cork's goals.[/caption]
It got even worse for Donegal a minute later when a long shot in from Rachel Leahy deceived their goalkeeper for Cork’s third goal.
Kiely added a point and with 15 minutes gone it was not looking good for the visitors, as they trailed by 3-3 to 0-1.
Two from Quirke increased Cork’s lead before Donegal had Evelyn McGinley to thank as her last second block on Kiely denied her what looked like a certain goal.
Coppinger got her second point with 22 minutes played and this was the last score of the half as Cork were well in control, leading by 3-6 to 0-1 at half-time.
Three minutes into the second-half and any chance of a Donegal comeback was well and truly over because by then Cork had added two more goals.
The first saw Coppinger add her second goal and that was quickly followed by Leahy’s second also, to make it 5-6 to 0-1 and it was game over at this stage.
Ellie Jack and Sadbh McGoldrick added points for Cork before Donegal finished with 14 as Nicole McLaughlin was sin-binned with five minutes to go.
Abigail Ring added a late point from a free as Cork got back to winning ways and Donegal have yet to win a game this season.
Scorers for Cork: L Coppinger 2-2, R Leahy 2-0, O Cahalane 1-0, K Quirke (1f), E Kiely O-2 each, E Jack, A O’Mahony, S McGoldrick, A Ring, E Twomey 0-1 each.
Donegal: C McGarvey 0-1.
CORK: M O’Sullivan; M Duggan, E Meaney, R Phelan; S Kelly, A Healy, R Leahy; H Looney, S Leahy; L Coppinger, K Quirke, E Cleary; O Cahalane, E Kiely, C O’Sullivan.
Subs: A O’Mahony for Coppinger, M O’Callaghan for Looney, E Jack for Cahalane (all 35), D Kiniry for Duggan, S Murphy for M O’Sullivan, B O’Sullivan for Quirke (all 41), S McGoldrick for A Healy, A Ring for C O’Sullivan (both 47), A McDonagh for S Leahy, L McDonagh for E Kiely (both 49), E Twomey for Phelan, K Redmond for Kelly, I Sheehan for R Leahy, R Corkery for Cleary (all 55).
DONEGAL: A McColgan; A Temple Asoko, E McGinley, E Gallagher; C Keon, N McLaughlin, T Hegarty; S Twohig, L Ryan; K Long, C Gillespie, K Dowds; J McFadden, S McGroddy, C McGarvey.
Subs: S McFeeley for Ryan, K Herron for Long (both ht), N Carr for McGroddy, A O’Connell for Dowds, R Rodgers for McGinley, S White for Keon (all 41), C Friel for McColgan (52), K O’Donoghue for Hegarty (55).
Referee: Kevin Corcoran (Mayo).