Overview
- Defeat ended Cork’s unbeaten run and extended Derry’s league streak to four wins.
- Derry won 19 of Cork’s 35 restarts, including eight of the last 10 before half-time, setting up a decisive second-half burst.
- Twelve Derry players scored, with Lachlan Murray hitting the only goal after a deft pass from returning captain Conor Glass.
- Cork were without suspended captain Ian Maguire and other injured regulars, weakening their promotion drive.
- With Louth away and Cavan at home to come, Derry hold the scoring-difference edge as Cork now need results elsewhere.