Cork–Meath Gaelic football rivalry

The Cork-Meath rivalry is a Gaelic football rivalry between Irish county teams Cork and Meath, who first played each other in 1967. It is considered to be one of the most bitter rivalries in modern Gaelic games.[1] Cork's home ground is Páirc Uí Chaoimh and Meath's home ground is Páirc Tailteann, however, all of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park.

Cork-Meath
LocationCounty Cork
County Meath
TeamsCork
Meath
First meetingMeath 1-9 - 0-9 Cork
1967 All-Ireland final
(24 September 1967)
Latest meetingCork 1-16 - 0-9 Meath
2007 All-Ireland semi-final
(19 August 2007)
Statistics
Meetings total7
Most winsMeath (4)
Top scorerBrian Stafford (0-28)
All-time seriesMeath 4-1-2 Cork

While Cork have the second highest number of Munster titles and Meath are second to Dublin in Leinster, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, having won 14 championship titles between them to date.

Statistics

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Team All-Ireland Munster National League Total
Cork 7 37 8 52
Meath 7 21 7 35
Combined 14 58 15 87

All-time results

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Legend

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Cork win
Meath win
Match was a draw

Senior

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No. Date Winners Score Runners-up Venue Stage
1. 24 September 1967 Meath 1-9 - 0-9 Cork Croke Park All-Ireland final
2. 20 September 1987 Meath 1-14 - 0-11 Cork Croke Park All-Ireland final
3. 18 September 1988 Meath 0-12 - 1-9 Cork Croke Park All-Ireland final
4. 9 October 1988 Meath 0-13 - 0-12 Cork Croke Park All-Ireland final replay
5. 16 September 1990 Cork 0-11 - 0-9 Meath Croke Park All-Ireland final
6. 26 September 1999 Meath 1-11 - 1-8 Cork Croke Park All-Ireland final
7. 19 August 2007 Cork 1-16 - 0-9 Meath Croke Park All-Ireland semi-final

Records

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Top scorers

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Team Player Score Total
Cork Larry Tompkins 0-26 26
Meath Brian Stafford 0-28 28

References

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  1. ^ "Cork v Meath: Latest chapter in an old rivalry". Irish Independent. 15 August 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2016.