on 3 august 2013, cork and dublin clashed for the first time in an all-ireland quarter-final. cork settled quickest with daniel goulding firing the opening point after two minutes. dublin goalkeeper stephen cluxton impressed from placed balls, firing dublin 0-4 to 0-2 ahead, but cork bounced back to tie the game at 0-4 apiece after 12 minutes, with brian hurley and john o'rourke on target. dublin regained the lead thanks to paul flynn. cork pushed ahead once again, however, dublin finished the half strongly, outscoring the rebels by three points to one before the interval, with flynn, ciarán kilkenny and bernard brogan on target as they claimed a 0-9 to 0-7 half-time lead. most of these goal opportunities came in the closing 35 minutes, with jack mccaffrey the only man to place the ball in the back of the net, three minutes after the restart to push dublin four points clear. ciarán sheehan was denied of a cork goal in the 40th minute, after rory o'carroll made a superb block. cork continued to plug away and cut the gap to two points in the 49th minute. but the leesiders couldn't get any closer despite their efforts in the final quarter, with dean rock, kevin mcmanamon, kilkenny, cluxton and denis bastick on target.