Ladies SFC round-up: Cork and Kerry storm into quarter-finals

Cork and Kerry are through to the TG4 All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals after registering resounding wins over Tipperary and Cavan respectively.

Mayo also scored an emphatic victory over Laois to join the Munster duo in the last eight.

Cork went on a goalscoring rampage against Tipperary in Clonakilty, with seven different players finding the net.

The Rebels put the memory of last month's disappointing defeat to Galway behind them, five goals inside the opening quarter doing the damage as Eimear Kiely, Máire O’Callaghan, Orlaith Cahalane, Anna Ryan and Daire Kiely (penalty) found the net.

Overcoming the loss of Eimear Kiely to injury, Cork led 5-08 to 1-03 at the break, with a brace of points from Emma Morrissey and 1-01 from Aishling Moloney all Tipperary had to show.

The loss of Ciara O’Sullivan to a red card and Anna Ryan for a ten-minute sin-binning saw Cork reduced to 13 players after the restart, and when Moloney got in for her second goal for Tipperary, there was a hint of a revival from the visitors.

But Cork regrouped and easily saw out the victory and their safe passage. Second-half substitutes Dara Kiniry and Bríd O'Sullivan found the net and Anna Ryan got her second goal as Cork pushed for home.

Cáit Lynch led the way for table-topping Kerryas they booked a home quarter-final courtesy of a big win over Cavan in Tralee.

The lethal Kerry full-forward line of Siofra O’Shea, Caoimhe Evans and Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh contributed 1-09 to Kerry’s total on a day when Lynch was the player in a match where both sides struggled with the strong wind.

Cavan played with the breeze in the first-half but with Kerry building a 1-10 to 1-04 interval lead, it was always going to be a difficult task for the Breffni side to get back into