Sunday 12 October 2025 at 2.00pm
McCarthy Insurance Group Premier Senior Football Championship Semi Final
Newcestown
V
Nemo Rangers
0-19 (19 pts)
2-14 (20 pts)
At SuperValu Pairc Ui Chaoimh | Referee: David Murnane (Macroom)
Footballers put their hands up for Cork duty, Nemo survive, hurling county final preview.
Nemo Rangers are through to this years final after being pushed all the way by Newcestown
Alan O'Donovan (Nemo Rangers), Luke Meade (Newcestown), Cork County Board chairperson Pat Horgan, Brendan Harrington of McCarthy Insurance Group, Steven Sherlock (St Finbarr's) and Liam O'Connell (Ballincollig). Picture: Jim Coughlan
Alan O'Donovan, Nemo Rangers and Luke Meade, Newcestown. Pic: Jim Coughlan.
The programme for the McCarthy Insurance Premier Senior Football Championship Semi Final
The Nemo Rangers team before the McCarthy Insurance Premier Senior Football Championship Semi Final against Newcestown
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Premier SFC: Nemo Rangers prevail after huge battle against Newcestown

Extra time required before beaten finalists of the last two years get past West Cork side

Nemo Rangers 2-14 (2-1-12) Newcestown 0-19 (0-4-11) (after extra time)

Author: Denis Hurley

In amassing a record number of Cork county titles, Nemo Rangers have quashed many a fairytale; Newcestown came so close to bucking the trend.

Sunday’s McCarthy Insurance Group Premier SFC semi-final at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh required more than 80 minutes before a winner could be found. There were periods where it seemed as if Newcestown’s first final appearance would materialise, but instead, as so often before, Nemo found a way to win.

Scorers for Nemo Rangers: M Cronin 0-9 (0-4 f, 1 2pt), K Fulignati 1-1, K Histon 1-0, C Horgan 0-2, B Cripps, L Horgan 0-1 each.

Scorers for Newcestown: D Buckley 0-9 (2 2pt, 0-3 f, 1 2ptf), C Dinneen (1 2pt), L Meade 0-3 each, S O’Donovan, T Twomey, J Meade, C Keane 0-1 each.

NEMO RANGERS: MA Martin; M Hill, C Molloy, C McCartan; K Histon, S Cronin, K Fulignati; A O’Donovan, B Murphy; B Cripps, K O’Donovan, M Cronin; B Hayes, C Horgan, C Kiely.

Subs: R Dalton for Kiely (37), C Moore for Hill (40), P Kerrigan for Hayes (55), E Nation for McCartan (69), Hill for Molloy, L Horgan for Fulignati (half-time in extra time).

NEWCESTOWN: E McSweeney; J Kelleher, C O’Donovan, P Kelly; G O’Donovan, M McSweeney, C Dinneen; S O’Donovan, E Collins; L Meade, T Twomey, D Buckley; R O’Sullivan, J Meade, S O’Sullivan.

Subs: J Burrows for S O’Donovan (2-10), C Keane for Twomey (51), C O’Sullivan for S O’Sullivan (60+2), T Twomey for Dinneen (74), N Murray for C O’Donovan (80).

Referee: D Murnane (Macroom).

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