Cork ignited their Division Two campaign with a facile 1-14 to 0-9 victory over Fermanagh at sunny Pairc Ui Rinn.

Peadar Healy's charges led this third-round clash from start to finish as they gathered their first victory of the campaign to move up the table with a total of three points. Having made the long journey south, Pete McGrath's charges never got going.

A Niall Coakley free in the 42^nd minute had the Rebels ahead by double scores, 1-9 to 0-6. Erne goalkeeper Thomas Treacy then pulled off a quality save to deny Paul Kerrigan a second Rebels goal and the visitors reeled off three of the next five points, with Tomas Corrigan (free), Ryan Jones and Aidan Breen on target, leaving the gap at five with ten minutes remaining.

Kerrigan and Brian O'Driscoll tagged on further Cork points in the 67^th and 68^th minutes respectively and Treacy executed another great save in injury time to keep the final scoreboard looking somewhat respectable.

Coakley had netted for the Leesiders in the 23^th minute and that score was enough to assure the winners of a commanding 1-7 to 0-4 interval advantage. They never looked back.

Cork - K O'Halloran; K Crowley, Tom Clancy, M Shields; Tomas Clancy, J Loughrey, S Cronin; A Walsh, R Deane; Brian O'Driscoll (0-2), L Connolly (0-1), J O'Rourke (0-1); N Coakley (1-4, 0-3f), D O'Connor (0-1), P Kerrigan (0-4). Subs: C O'Neill for D O'Connor, M Collins for J O'Rourke, C O'Driscoll for K Crowley, D Og Hodnett (0-1) for L Connolly, P Kelleher for N Coakley, K O'Driscoll for Brian O'Driscoll.

Fermanagh - T Treacy; M Jones, C Cullen, B Mulrone; D McCusker, R McCluskey, L Cullen; E Donnelly, R Hyde; A Breen (0-1), P McCusker, R Lyons; E Courtney (0-1), S Quigley (0-5, 3f, 1'45), T Corrigan (0-1). Subs: R Jones (0-1) for P McCusker, K Connor for R Lyons, J McMahon for R McCluskey, D Keenan for T Corrigan, P Reihill for D McCusker.

Referee - A Nolan.

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