# Clare–Cork hurling rivalry

The Cork–Clare rivalry is a hurling rivalry between Irish county teams Cork and Clare.
While both teams play provincial hurling in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship, they have also enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, having won 35 championship titles between them to date. They played one another for the first time at an All Ireland Final at the 2013 final on 8 September 2013. This match ended in a draw and Clare won the replay 5–16 – 3–16. Clare beat Cork again in the 2024 All Ireland final in extra time.

## Roots
### History

While Cork are regarded as one of the "big three" of hurling, with Kilkenny and Tipperary completing the trio, Clare have generally been regarded as one of the minnows of hurling for much of their championship lives. Due to both teams playing in the Munster series, meetings between Cork and Clare have been regular since the beginning of the provincial championship in 1888.
The first great era of the rivalry came between 1927 and 1932, when Cork and Clare played each other on six occasions. While Cork had the bragging rights from the first three games, Clare defeated Cork, who were the reigning All-Ireland champions, in 1930. It was only their third ever defeat of Cork and a first in sixteen years. Cork reasserted their supremacy the following year by defeating Clare and claiming the subsequent All-Ireland crown, however, Clare dumped a depleted Cork team out of the championship in 1932.
The rivalry reached new heights in 1977 and 1978, when the Munster decider on both occasions was contested by Cork and Clare. Clare won the National Hurling League in both 1977 and 1978 and had high hopes of claiming championship honours. The era belonged to Cork, however, as their triumph in both provincial deciders led to the team securing a hat-trick of All-Ireland crowns.
One of the most intense periods in the rivalry occurred between 1993 and 1999. For the first time ever, Clare secured four successive championship victories over Cork (1993, 1995, 1997 and 1998). In 1999 Clare, as Munster champions, faced Cork in one of the defining games of the year. In a changing of the guard, a young Cork team triumphed over a Clare team who had won two All-Ireland titles and three Munster titles in the previous three years.

### Statistics

Up to date as of the end of the 2024 Championship season
| Team | All-Ireland | Munster | National League | Total |
| Cork | 30 | 54 | 14 | 98 |
| Clare | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| Combined | 35 | 61 | 19 | 115 |

## All time results

* Cork win
* Clare win
* Drawn game
| No. | Date | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Venue | Competition |
| 1. | 13 May 1900 | Clare (1) | 2–9 – 3–4 | Cork | Tipperary | MSHC semi-final |
| 2. | 26 April 1903 | Cork (1) | 3–10 – 2–6 | Clare | Markets Field | MSHC final |
| 3. | 28 June 1903 | Cork (2) | 6–7 – 3–3 | Clare | Tipperary | MSHC quarter-final |
| 4. | 20 September 1914 | Clare (2) | 3–2 – 3–1 | Cork | Thurles Sportsfield | MSHC final |
| 5. | 26 September 1915 | Cork (3) | 8–2 – 2–1 | Clare | Markets Field | MSHC final |
| 6. | 22 April 1923 | Cork (4) | 6–8 – 0–2 | Clare | Markets Field | MSHC quarter-final |
| 7. | 7 August 1927 | Cork (5) | 5–3 – 3–4 | Clare | Markets Field | MSHC final |
| 8. | 15 July 1928 | Cork | 2–2 – 2–2 | Clare | Thurles Sportsfield | MSHC final |
| 9. | 29 July 1928 | Cork (6) | 6–4 – 2–2 | Clare | Thurles Sportsfield | MSHC final replay |
| 10. | 6 July 1930 | Clare (3) | 6–6 – 5–6 | Cork | Ennis Road | MSHC semi-final |
| 11. | 28 June 1931 | Cork (7) | 3–4 – 1–6 | Clare | Thurles Sportsfield | MSHC quarter-final |
| 12. | 31 July 1932 | Clare (4) | 5–2 – 4–1 | Cork | Thurles Sportsfield | MSHC final |
| 13. | 14 July 1935 | Cork (8) | 8–3 – 2–4 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds | MSHC quarter-final |
| 14. | 5 July 1936 | Clare | 4–4 – 3–7 | Cork | Gaelic Grounds | MSHC quarter-final |
| 15. | 12 July 1936 | Clare (5) | 9–1 – 2–3 | Cork | Gaelic Grounds | MSHC quarter-final replay |
| 16. | 7 July 1940 | Cork (9) | 7–6 – 3–5 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds | MSHC quarter-final |
| 17. | 9 June 1946 | Cork (10) | 2–9 – 2–1 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds | MSHC quarter-final |
| 18. | 15 June 1947 | Cork (11) | 4–9 – 0–4 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds | MSHC quarter-final |
| 19. | 1 July 1951 | Cork (12) | 5–7 – 3–5 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds | MSHC semi-final |
| 20. | 28 June 1953 | Cork (13) | 2–11 – 4–2 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds | MSHC semi-final |
| 21. | 5 June 1955 | Clare (6) | 3–8 – 2–10 | Cork | Thurles Sportsfield | MSHC semi-final |
| 22. | 12 May 1957 | Cork (14) | 4–10 – 2–6 | Clare | Thurles Sportsfield | MSHC quarter-final |
| 23. | 18 May 1958 | Cork (15) | 5–9 – 3–9 | Clare | Thurles Sportsfield | MSHC quarter-final |
| 24. | 21 June 1959 | Cork (16) | 4–15 – 1–3 | Clare | Thurles Sportsfield | MSHC semi-final |
| 25. | 12 June 1960 | Cork (17) | 2–12 – 1–11 | Clare | Thurles Sportsfield | MSHC semi-final |
| 26. | 26 May 1963 | Cork (18) | 4–15 – 2–11 | Clare | Thurles Sportsfield | MSHC quarter-final |
| 27. | 19 June 1966 | Cork | 3–8 – 3–8 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds | MSHC quarter-final |
| 28. | 3 July 1966 | Cork (19) | 5–11 – 1–7 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds | MSHC quarter-final replay |
| 29. | 11 May 1969 | Cork | 2–11 – 4–5 | Clare | Thurles Sportsfield | MSHC quarter-final |
| 30. | 15 June 1969 | Cork (20) | 3–8 – 1–4 | Clare | Thurles Sportsfield | MSHC quarter-final replay |
| 31. | 30 July 1972 | Cork (21) | 6–18 – 2–8 | Clare | Semple Stadium | MSHC final |
| 32. | 29 June 1975 | Cork (22) | 3–14 – 1–9 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds | MSHC semi-final |
| 33. | 10 July 1977 | Cork (23) | 4–15 – 4–10 | Clare | Semple Stadium | MSHC final |
| 34. | 30 July 1978 | Cork (24) | 0–13 – 0–11 | Clare | Semple Stadium | MSHC final |
| 35. | 14 June 1981 | Clare (7) | 2–15 2–13 | Cork | Semple Stadium | MSHC semi-final |
| 36. | 20 June 1982 | Cork (25) | 3–19 – 2–6 | Clare | Semple Stadium | MSHC semi-final |
| 37. | 20 July 1986 | Cork (26) | 2–18 – 3–12 | Clare | Fitzgerald Stadium | MSHC final |
| 38. | 19 June 1988 | Cork (27) | 3–22 – 2–9 | Clare | Semple Stadium | MSHC semi-final |
| 39. | 13 June 1993 | Clare (8) | 2–7 – 0–10 | Cork | Gaelic Grounds | MSHC semi-final |
| 40. | 4 June 1995 | Clare (9) | 2–13 – 3–9 | Cork | Gaelic Grounds | MSHC semi-final |
| 41. | 8 June 1997 | Clare (10) | 1–19 – 0–18 | Cork | Gaelic Grounds | MSHC semi-final |
| 42. | 21 June 1998 | Clare (11) | 0–21 – 0–13 | Cork | Semple Stadium | MSHC semi-final |
| 43. | 4 July 1999 | Cork (28) | 1–15 – 0–14 | Clare | Semple Stadium | MSHC final |
| 44. | 9 June 2003 | Cork (29) | 1–18 – 0–10 | Clare | Semple Stadium | MSHC semi-final |
| 45. | 14 August 2005 | Cork (30) | 0–16 – 0–15 | Clare | Croke Park | AISHC semi-final |
| 46. | 28 May 2006 | Cork (32) | 0–20 – 0–14 | Clare | Semple Stadium | MSHC semi-final |
| 47. | 27 May 2007 | Cork (32) | 1–18 – 1–11 | Clare | Semple Stadium | MSHC quarter-final |
| 48. | 27 July 2008 | Cork (33) | 2–19 – 2–17 | Clare | Semple Stadium | AISHC quarter-final |
| 49. | 23 June 2013 | Cork (34) | 0–23 – 0–15 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds | MSHC semi-final |
| 50. | 8 September 2013 | Cork | 3–16 – 0–25 | Clare | Croke Park | AISHC Final |
| 51. | 28 September 2013 | Clare (12) | 5–16 – 3–16 | Cork | Croke Park | AISHC Final |
| 52. | 15 June 2014 | Cork (35) | 2–23 – 2–18 | Clare | Semple Stadium | MSHC semi-final |
| 53. | 11 July 2015 | Cork (36) | 0–20 – 0–17 | Clare | Semple Stadium | All Ireland Qualifiers |
| 54. | 9 July 2017 | Cork (37) | 1–25 – 1–20 | Clare | Semple Stadium | MSHC final |
| 55. | 20 May 2018 | Cork (38) | 2–23 – 1–21 | Clare | Páirc Uí Chaoimh | MSHC Round 1 |
| 56. | 1 July 2018 | Cork (39) | 2–24 – 3–19 | Clare | Semple Stadium | MSHC final |
| 57. | 16 July 2019 | Clare (13) | 2–23 – 2–18 | Cork | Cusack Park | MSHC Round 5 |
| 58. | 24 July 2021 | Cork (40) | 3–19 – 1–23 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds | All-Ireland Qualifiers |
| 59. | 1 May 2022 | Clare (14) | 0–28 – 2–20 | Cork | Semple Stadium | MSHC Round 3 |
| 60. | 21 May 2023 | Clare (15) | 2–22 – 3–18 | Cork | Cusack Park | MSHC Round 4 |
| 61. | 28 April 2024 | Clare (16) | 3–26 – 3–24 | Cork | Páirc Uí Chaoimh | MSHC Round 2 |
| 62. | 21 July 2024 | Clare (17) | 3–29 – 1–34 (AET) | Cork | Croke Park | AISHC Final |