Donegal v Cork Live: Updates from Ballybofey as the Tír Chonaill men look to progress with a victory over the Rebels
Donegal and Cork meet at MacCumhaill Park in Ballybofey in a tie that will fast-track the winners to the quarter-finals of the All-Ireland Football Championship.Jim McGuinness’s men last met Cork in the 2024 All-Ireland series, when the Rebels earned a famous win over the then-Ulster champions in Páirc Uí Rinn before losing to Louth in the preliminary quarter-finals.The Rebels, who defeated last year’s surprise package Meath in the first round, will go into this game knowing they are capable of competing with the big teams with their opponents today having first-hand experience of that.Read more:Donegal come into the game off the back of their first-round win over Kerry at Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney, a game which was overshadowed by the half-time scenes which led to a red card for the Kingdom’s Micheal Burns following his strike on Ryan McHugh.The expectation will be on Donegal, but can last year’s All-Ireland finalists deal with the pressure and expectation of their fans at a home crowd, or will Cork make it two surprises from two meetings?
