National Camogie League 2007

The 2007 National Camogie League, the second most important elite level inter-county competition in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Cork, who defeated Wexford in the final, played at Nowlan Park.^[1][2]

The Final

A late Jennifer O'Leary pointed free brought the title to Cork. Wexford started strongly to hold a 0-8 to 0-3 half time lead thanks to good work in the midfield sector from Kate Kelly and Caroline Murphy, but Cork came back resolutely in the second half.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Maire Ni Scollai reported in the Irish Independent:

A spectacular goal-scoring spree from both sides between the 48th and 58th minutes ensured that the crowd were on the edge of their seats throughout.irish Independent May 7 2007

Goals from Jennifer O'Leary, Una O'Donoghue and Síle Burns within five minutes gave Cork a 3-6 to 0-9 lead with seven minutes to go, but two goals from Wexford full-forward Michelle Hearn meant the sides were level as the game headed for injury-time and O'Leary's late winner. Wexford defeated Cork by 4-12 to 0-14 in the opening round of the championship six days later Rebels routed as Wexford hit back with a vengeance and went on to reverse the result in the All-Ireland final a few months later.

Division 2

The Division 2 final, known until 2005 as the National Junior League, was won by Limerick who defeated Cork intermediates in the final. The Division 3 final was won by Waterford who defeated Down by two points in the final.

Final stages

Cork

Wexford

Cork: GK 1 Aoife Murray (Cloughduv)  42'  46' RCB 2 Joanne O'Callaghan (Cloughduv) FB 3 Rosarie Holland (Barryroe) LCB 4 Amanda O'Regan (Douglas) RWB 5 Rena Buckley (Inniscarra) CB 6 Mary O'Connor (Killeagh) LWB 7 Sara Hayes (Courcey Rovers_GAA) MF 8 Briege Corkery (Cloughduv)  56' MF 9 Gemma O'Connor (St Finbarr's) (Captain) 0-2 RWF 10 Orla Cotter (St Catherine’s) CF 11 Anna Geary (Milford) 0-1 LWF 12 Jennifer O'Leary (Barryroe) 1-4 RCF 13 Angela Walsh (Killeagh) FF 14 Una O'Donoghue (Cloughduv) 1-1 LCF 15 Síle Burns (Rockbán) 1-0 Substitutes: GK Eileen Clifford (Na Piarsaigh for Murray  42'  48' GK Aoife Murray (Cloughduv) for Clifford  46' MF Jenny Duffy (St Finbarr’s) for Corkery  56'

Wexford: GK 1 Mags D'Arcy (St Martin's) RCB 2 Deirdre Codd (Duffry Rovers)  52' FB 3 Catherine O'Loughlin (Monageer-Boolavogue) LCB 4 Claire O'Connor (Rathnure) RWB 5 Noeleen Lambert (St Martin's) CB 6 Mary Leacy (Oulart-The Ballagh) (Captain) LWB 7 Áine Codd (Duffry Rovers) 0-1 MF 8 Kate Kelly (St Ibar’s) 0-5 MF 9 Caroline Murphy Ferns)  45' 0-2 RWF 10 Louise Codd (Duffry Rovers)  35' CF 11 Bróna Furlong (Duffry Rovers) LWF 12 Michelle O'Leary (Rathnure)  42' RCF 13 Una Leacy (Oulart-The Ballagh) 0-2 FF 14 Michelle Hearne (Oulart-The Ballagh) 2-0 LCF 15 Bridget Curran (St Ibar’s)  42' Substitutes: RWF Katrina Parrock (St Ibar’s) for L Codd  35' LCF Ursula Jacob (Oulart-The Ballagh) for Curran  42' MF Rose-Marie Breen (Monageer-Boolavogue) for Murphy  45' rCB Avis Nolan (Monageer-Boolavogue) from Deirdre Codd  66'

References

External links

• Camogie Association