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22 Oct 2025

Live Updates: Donegal take on Cork in All-Ireland SFC at Páirc Uí Rinn

Following on from their respective wins over Clare and Tyrone last week, Cork and Donegal meet in the second round of fixtures in the All-Ireland series Group 3 with a 2:30pm start - please refresh the page for latest update

Live Updates: Donegal take on Cork in All-Ireland SFC at Páirc Uí Rinn

FULL-TIME
CORK 3-9 DONEGAL 0-16

75 mins - Cork 3-9 Donegal 0-16
A Colm O'Callaghan fisted point wins it for Cork! 

69 mins - Cork 3-8 Donegal 0-16
Steven Sherlock scores for Cork, with Caolan McGonagle having been penalised up the field for overcarrying

67 mins - Cork 3-7 Donegal 0-16
Level, with Aaron Doherty the one to keep his cool. Very loud here with both sides backed to the hilt!

65 mins - Cork 3-7 Donegal 0-15
Caolan McGonagle turns onto the right and Donegal are back to within one!

61 mins - Cork 3-7 Donegal 0-14
Ciaran Thompson is fouled in front of the posts and Oisin Gallen slots over from the free. Jeaic Mac Ceallabhuí is on for Shane O'Donnell

56 mins - Cork 3-7 Donegal 0-13
Nice score from Ryan McHugh after he is found in space by Michael Langan. Thomas Claney for Tommy Walsh is Cork sub

53 mins - Cork 3-7 Donegal 0-12
A patient Cork move ends with a score by Brian Hurley, with Jamie Brennan replacing Niall O'Donnell

50 mins - Cork 3-6 Donegal 0-12
Chris Óg Jones is booked for a high tackle on Niall O'Donnell, with the Cork forward replaced by Steven Sherlock. Oisin Gallen makes no mistake with the free from 50 metres.

48 mins - Cork 3-6 Donegal 0-11
Seventh McBrearty point, a free after Oisin Gallen was fouled. 

47 mins - Cork 3-6 Donegal 0-10
But Cork hit right back with Colm O'Callaghan the scorer, to a huge roar

46 mins - Cork 3-5 Donegal 0-10
Patrick McBrearty on the run, with his sixth point, pulls one back for Donegal 

45 mins - Cork 3-5 Donegal 0-9
Brian Hurley pops over a free and Cork are five to the good

41 mins - Cork 3-4 Donegal 0-9
Odhran Doherty is coming in for Jason McGee

39 mins - Cork 3-4 Donegal 0-9
Another Cork goal! This time Rory Maguire palms it in as Donegal failed to clear. Place going mad here

38 mins - Cork 2-4 Donegal 0-9
Goal for Cork and this time it's Sean Powter, who rasps a shot through a crowd into the Donegal net

The attendance has been announced as 7,251. Second half underway with Aaron Doherty on for Daire Ó Baoill

HALF-TIME: Cork 1-4 Donegal 0-9

34 mins - Cork 1-4 Donegal 0-9
Another point on the break from Ciaran Moore for Donegal. They've done well out of that last few minutes! 

34 mins - Cork 1-4 Donegal 0-8
An unbelievable block from Shaun Patton denies a certain goal for Colm O'Callaghan, who follows up Brian Hurley's blocked effort by Ryan McHugh. Mark Cronin puts the 45 wide

31 mins - Cork 1-4 Donegal 0-8
Patrick McBrearty scores his fifth with a routine finish but he owes the thanks to Caolan McGonagle who drove from the centre- back berth to create the chance

30 mins - Cork 1-4 Donegal 0-7
A brilliant point from Oisin Gallen out on the left, getting plenty under it from an acute angle to square it up five minutes from the break

29 mins - Cork 1-4 Donegal 0-6
Paul Walsh of Cork curls one in to perfection and the home side edge their way back on front

28 mins - Cork 1-3 Donegal 0-6
Patrick McBrearty has scored his fourth point, this time from his second free won by Jason McGee, who led the charge for Donegal. Level again. Donegal had been three down.

23 mins - Cork 1-3 Donegal 0-5
Niall O'Donnell neatly puts over  a point from Ciaran Thompson's pass and Donegal are back to within one

22 mins - Cork 1-3 Donegal 0-4
Ciaran Moore gets one back for Donegal, spinning off Jason McGee to pick his spot

20 mins - Cork 1-3 Donegal 0-3
Chris Og Jones again, Cork are breaking brilliantly as Donegal press and the corner-forward had time to pick his score 

19 mins - Cork 1-2 Donegal 0-3
Goal for Cork! Matty Tayloe leads a breakaway and Patton was scrambling back but got into goals, only to be beaten by the thunderous shot from the Cork wing-back

17 mins - Cork 0-2 Donegal 0-3
Chris Og Jones has a go from a tight angle and slightly fluffs the shot and it strikes the outside of Shan Patton's post, although the Donegal goalkeeper might've had it covered

13 mins - Cork 0-2 Donegal 0-3
Cork get a breakaway and Chris Og Jones scored, following a pass from Brian O'Driscoll. They had Donegal in trouble for a second

13 mins - Cork 0-1 Donegal 0-3
McBrearty plays himself in against and is happy to fist over. Three for the skipper. Great start

12 mins - Cork 0-1 Donegal 0-2
McBrearty powers his way through the Cork defence and unleashes a shot that goes just over the bar

10 mins - Cork 0-1 Donegal 0-1 
Brian Hurley makes no mistake from the free and Cork are level

9 mins - Cork 0-0 Donegal 0-1
Donegal have got three shots off - McBrearty's free and two efforts from Ciaran Thompson, one that went wide and another short. Cork yet to have one but they have a free to level it up.

5 mins - Cork 0-0 Donegal 0-1
Peader Mogan is fouled and Patrick McBrearty slots over the free

It's a fifth championship meeting of Cork and Donegal, with the Leessiders winning in 2006 and 2009 and Donegal coming out on top in 2012 and 2016

Beautiful day on the south of the Rover Lee with a great crowd in attendance. We're underway 

Following on from their respective wins over Clare and Tyrone last week, Cork and Donegal meet in the second round of fixtures in the All-Ireland series Group 3 with a 2:30pm start 

Here are today's teams

Cork: Christopher Kelly; Kevin Flahive, Daniel O'Mahony, Maurice Shanley; Rory Maguire, Tommy Walsh, Matty Taylor; Ian Maguire, Colm O'Callaghan; Paul Walsh, Sean Powter, Brian O'Driscoll; Chris Og Jones, Mark Cronin, Brian Hurley.

Donegal: Shaun Patton; Eoghan Ban Gallagher, Brendan McCole, Ciaran Moore; Ryan McHugh, Caolan McGonagle, Peadar Mogan; Jason McGee, Michael Langan; Shane O'Donnell, Ciaran Thompson, Dáire Ó Baoill; Patrick  McBrearty, Oisin Gallen, Niall O'Donnell.

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