Cork 4-15
CIT 1-13

For the second week running, Cork had to dig deep to see off the challenge of a college outfit in the Waterford Crystal Cup.

Last week a highly rated UL side pushed the Rebels all the way and today CIT just came up short in their bid to claim a county scalp.

Goals from Darren McCarthy and Stephen Moylan gave Jimmy Barry-Murphy's side a slender 2-6 to 1-7 interval lead.

CIT gave as good as they got for most of the second-half but late green flags from Daniel Kearney and goalkeeper turned corner-forward McCarthy, who finished with 2-2 to his name, sounded the death knell for their semi-final bid. 

Cork now await the winners of tomorrow's last eight clash between Tipperary and Clare in next weekend's semi-final.

Cork - P Collins; W Kearney, C Joyce, C O'Sullivan; B O'Sullivan, L McLoughlin, G O'Connor; B Murray, P Haughney (0-2); A Frahill O'Connor, Andy Walsh, D Lee (0-2); S Moylan (1-2), P O'Sullivan (0-5, 3f), D McCarthy (2-2). Subs: P Kelleher for Frahill O'Connor, B Lawton for B Murray, D Kearney (1-0) for P Haughney, P Cronin (0-1) for D Lee, S Harnedy (0-1) for Andy Walsh.

CIT - G Minihane; S Murphy, A Dennehy, T Lawrence; J Herlihy, M Russell, C Buckley; Aidan Walsh, W Murphy (0-1); D Lordan (0-4, 3f), B Cooper (0-1), J Cronin (0-1); J O'Dwyer (0-2), K Kavanagh (1-0), C Hammersley (0-2). Subs: S O'Mahony (0-2) for S Murphy, N McNamara for Aidan Walsh, P White for D Lordan.

Referee - J McCormack.

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