CORK MISS CHANCE AS HOOPS HOLD ON
SHAMROCK ROVERS……………………………. 0
CORK CITY…………………………………………. 0
CORK CITY conceded ground to Dundalk at the top of the Premier Division table with a scoreless draw with Shamrock Rovers at the Tallaght Stadium.
Opportunities proved to be few and far between during the first-quarter, although Cork front man Sean Maguire saw a shot fly marginally wide.
Rovers centre-half Robert Cornwall fired over from a set-piece just 10 minutes prior to the interval, before the Cork duo of Maguire and Kenny Browne joined Cornwall in receiving yellow-cards in a fiery end to the half.
Cork introduced Mark O’Sullivan and Danny Morrissey in an attempt to swing the outcome, but with the Rovers back-four proving resilient, they had to settle for a share of the spoils.
SHAMROCK ROVERS: Hyland; Madden, Cornwall, Heaney, O’Connor; McPhail, Cregg; G Brennan, Miele, D Clarke (T Clarke 77); Shaw (Boyd 59).
Booked: Cornwall, McPhail.
CORK CITY: McNulty; McCarthy (Turner 59), Browne, Bennett, O’Connor; Bolger, G Morrissey; Beattie, Holohan (O’Sullivan 59), Dooley (D Morrissey 73); Maguire.
Booked: Maguire, Browne.
Referee: P McLaughlin (Donegal).
DAIRE WALSH