Full time: Cork 1-16 Meath 0-09
Cork blew Meath away today, winning on an unbelievable scoreline of 1-16 to 0-09.
The much-vaunted Meath forward line failed to deliver, as Cork overcame the loss of injured top-scorer James Masters.
The Rebels must now wait to see who wins next week's semi-final between Dublin and Kerry before they know who they will face in the 2007 All-Ireland SFC final.
70 mins: Farrell goes for a goal from a 13-metre Meath free but the shot is blocked by the hordes of Cork players on the line.
67 mins Bray finishes a pitch-long Meath move with a point. Little consolation at this stage. 1-16 0-09
65 mins: Cork's Donnacha O'Connor caps a fine performance with a fine point from an acute angle. 1-16 to 0-08
63 mins: Farrell ends the Meath drought with a well-taken point, but the Royals' fans start to head for the exits. 1-15 0-08
62 mins: Meath hit the crossbar and bombard the Cork square but cannot find the net.
59 mins: Donnacha O'Connor converts a free and O'Neill gets his second fisted point as the Rebels start to run riot. 1-15 to 0-07
54 mins: Pearse O'Neill opts against going for goal and takes a fisted point for Cork. 1-13 to 0-07. Meath have not scored for 13 minutes.
51 mins: GOAL Kevin McMahon hits the net for Cork. His shot was tame enough, but a deflection off the block of King looped the ball over Brendan Murphy in the Meath goal. 1-12 to 0-07
49 mins: Peadar Byrne hits an awful wide for Meath. The Royals can ill-afford such wastefulness.
47 mins: Chris O'Connor replaces Cormac McGuinness for Meath.
44 mins: Cork's Kieran O'Connor gets up from corner-back to fist over the bar. He is blindsided by Meath full-back Darren Fay on his way out from goal. 0-12 to 0-07
43 mins: McMahon feeds off a neat pass by Pearse O'Neill to extend the Leesiders' advantage to four points. 0-11 to 0-07
41 mins: Stephen Bray registers his first point of the game for Meath. 0-10 to 0-07
36 mins: Meath give away another free in a scoreable position which O'Connor takes advantage of for Cork. 0-10 to 0-06
35 mins: Cork's Daniel Goulding opens the second half account by sending a free over the bar at the Hill 16 end. 0-09 to 0-06
Half time: Cork 0-08 Meath 0-06
The Rebels should be further ahead, but could have had Noel O'Leary sent off for a punch on Graham Geraghty in the first ten minutes.
RTÉ analyst Martin Carney feels the Cork wing-back should have received a red card.
The Royals have a lot of work to do if they are to turn the match in their favour.
35 + 2: Meath's Farrell converts his third free on the stroke of half time to cut the deficit to two points. 0-08 to 0-06
35 + 1: Cork half-forward Kevin McMahon gets just enough purchase on his shot into the Canal End to put three points between the teams. 0-08 to 0-05
35 mins: Cork's Daniel Goulding strikes a delightful left-footed point. 0-07 to 0-05
33 mins: Cork's Donnacha O'Connor shakes off the attention of Seamus Kenny to float a delight score over the crossbar. 0-06 to 0-05
32 mins: Meath's Shane O'Rourke scores his second point of the day to level the game for the third time. 0-05 to 0-05
31 mins: Caoimhin King comes up from wing-back to point for Meath and leave the minimum between the sides. 0-05 to 0-04
30 mins: Cian Ward, the hero for Meath in the drawn game with Dublin, replaces John Donegan.
29 mins: Farrell scores his second free of the day for Meath from in front of the posts. Cork still lead 0-05 to 0-03.
23 mins: Farrell has a good shot on the turn saved by Cork 'keeper Alan Quirke.
19 mins: Graham Canty, named at full-back, ventures forward to thump over an excellent point for Cork. 0-05 to 0-02. Meath are struggling to get a foothold on the game.
18 mins: Miskella extends the Rebels' lead with another fisted point. 0-04 to 0-02
17 mins: Cork midfielder Nicholas Murphy fists a point after a great burst. 0-03 to 0-02
13 mins: Goulding levels for Cork with a free of his own. 0-02 to 0-02
12 mins: Brian Farrell converts a free to put Meath ahead for the first time. 0-02 to 0-01
10 mins: The first shemozzle of the game occurs, reviving memories of the fierce battles between the two sides in the late 1980s and 1990s. Cork's Noel O'Leary is booked at the end of it.
6 mins: Shane O'Rourke levels for Meath. 0-01 0-01
5 mins: Daniel Goulding misses a simple free for Cork.
1 mins: Wing-forward John Miskella hits a sweet left-footed point to open the scoring for Cork. 0-01 0-00
Cork: A Quirke; M Shields, G Canty, K O'Connor; N O'Leary, G Spillane, A Lynch; D Kavanagh, N Murphy; J Miskella, P O'Neill, K McMahon; D Goulding, M Cussen, D O'Connor.
Meath: B Murphy; C McGuinness, D Fay, N McKeigue; S Kenny, K Reilly, C King; M Ward, N Crawford; G Geraghty, J Donegan, P Byrne; S Bray, S O'Rourke, B Farrell.
