What you need to know about Cork
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Cork senior footballers have played ten competitive games in 2018: 2 in the McGrath Cup, 7 National League games, and one in the Munster SFC against Tipperary. Their record stands at 6 wins and 4 losses.
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39 players have been used across thsoe ten games with Jamie O’Sullivan and Mark Collins the only two to have started all 10 games. Kevin Flahive and Ian Maguire started 9 and Seán White and Kevin Crowley have started 8.
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Stephen Cronin, Luke Connolly and Aidan Walsh made their first appearance of the year in the Munster semi-final against Tipperary, while Brian Hurley, Paul Kerrigan, Ronan O’Toole and James Loughrey who all came on as substitutes against Tipperary also made their first appearance of the year that day.
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The most used substitutes on the team are Michael Hurley and Matthew Taylor, both having been introduced in five games, while Cian Dorgan, Cian Kiely and Peter Kelleher coming four timed each.
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Cork have played only just two competitive games in the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh losing both. In their first game, they lost to Tipperary, 3-16 to 1-16, in the National League, and they lost to Cavan by 0-14 to 0-11 also in the League.
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13 clubs were represented on the starting team against Tipperary with Clonakilty and Nemo Rangers having two players each on the team. Three other clubs were represented by the six substitutes that were introduced. Of the 16 different clubs, seven were senior, six were intermediate and three were junior.
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Cork have scored 13-138 so far this year in 10competitive games, not scoring a goal in just two games. They scored three goals in one game, two goals in three games, and just the one goal in four games. Their highest score was 2-18 in the first McGrath Cup game against Waterford and their lowest score was 0-11 against Cavan in the league in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
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Cork have conceded 7-124 in their 10 games in 2018, not conceding a goal in seven of those games. The highest total they conceded was 3-16 to Tipperary in the NFL, in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, and the lowest was 0-7 against Waterford in the McGrath Cup.
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Cork have had 21 scorers this year. Marc Collins is top scorer with 2-33 (12 frees), or about four points per game. Colm O’Neill is second on the list with 3-26 (0-14 f, 0-1 ‘45’), an average of 3.5 points per game. Stephen Sherlock has scored 2-18 (8f). Luke Connolly has the top average per game, with his ten points in his single outing against Tipperary in the semi-final.