for the first time in fifteen years, cork and dublin clashed in the all-ireland semi-final on 22 august 2010. barely a minute had elapsed when niall corkery’s searching delivery found bernard brogan lurking behind ray carey, and he beat alan quirke with a low shot, planted in the corner of the net. cork had points from donncha o'connor and daniel goulding, but had a series of bad wides. the brogan brothers stretched the dubs’ lead to five on 18 minutes, and cork’s defending was at times haphazard. dublin led by 1-8 to 0-7 at the break, and cork’s difficulties intensified when injured captain graham canty was unable to return for the second half. ross mcconnell powered over dublin’s first score of the second half in the 42nd minute. their defence was superb, closing out their opponents, who managed just one point, through goulding, in the opening 15 minutes of the second half. bernard brogan stretched dublin's advantage to five, but the lead was cut back to a point in the 54th minute when donncha o'connor slotted a penalty in off the post. dublin quickly restored their three points advantage, but paul kerrigan, colm o'neill and patrick kelly landed points to level the game. cork continued to chip away at the lead, with o’connor securing the lead for the first time in the 70th minute. derek kavanagh nailed on a point, and while bernard brogan brought his total to 1-7, the dubs fell just short.