Fitzgibbon Cup/Sigerson Cup 2017

Kerrydude1981

Fitzgibbon Cup started yesterday,Sigerson Cup starts up as well this week

Fitzgibbon Cup round 1

Mary I 2-31 GMIT 0-16,

UCC 5-13 UUJ 2-4,

UL 2-23 Cork IT 0-16,

LIT 4-21 Trinity College 0-7,

DCU 1-14 WIT, 0-10,

UCD 0-21 Maynooth University 0-13,

IT Carlow 4-18 DIT 1-15,

http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/tuesday-independent-fitzgibbon-cup-round/


Wednesday 25 January
Fitzgibbon Cup round 1
NUIG v DCU-St Patricks, NUIG, 1pm





Wednesday 25 January

Sigerson Cup preliminary round
NUIG v Trinity College, Dangan, 2.30pm

Sigerson Cup round 1
UL v Maynooth University, UL Grounds, 2pm
Queens v DCU, The Dub, 2pm

Thursday 26 January

Sigerson Cup preliminary round
Garda College v Cork IT, Templemore, 2pm
GMIT v IT Sligo, Tuam Stadium, 2pm

Kerrydude1981

Fitzgibbon Cup round 1
NUIG 4-14 DCU-St Patricks 1-11, NUIG


Sigerson Cup preliminary round
NUIG 4-12 Trinity College 1-7, Dangan

Sigerson Cup round 1
UL 3-19 Maynooth University 4-15, UL Grounds - AET
Queens 0-3 DCU 3-10, The Dub

http://www.gaa.ie/news/wednesday-independent-sigerson-and-fitzgibbon-cups-round/

kkclubhurling

As a hurling man I absolutely love the Fitzgibbon, it is a really classy competition and if you look through the 16 panels in it, nearly all of them have some really good hurlers, both present and future county stars. I do however have a problem with the blatant financial doping that some colleges are doing to get ahead.

The scholarship system is designed to give talented players help through education, both financially and their welfare also, it's brilliant and has undoubtedly helped hundreds of young men and women to further themselves and make the best of their academic potential. However, on the flip side of this, their are a number of colleges who totally and utterly abuse the system. I'm sure anyone who is clued into the competition can pick out a large number of players who are working full time and not in education either full or part time, the colleges throw a couple of grand their way, register them on a course and come January time they tog out and play championship. It devalues the competition in my opinion as there is simply not a level playing field, many colleges just can't compete with the big money their rivals are flashing and this is what is leading to an ever growing gulf between the top 8 or so colleges in the country, and the rest. I want to emphasise that not all the top tier colleges are at this, many of them are genuinely using the scholarship system as it should be, but the few that use it as a de facto Transfer Market needed to be stopped as it is fast becoming a joke.

big_drive

UCC have a serious panel there in the Fitz. I also admire them for the fact that they've never been ones to bring in players etc.
I think the rules have got tighter the last couple of years. The likes of LIT had made a joke of it a few years ago with the players they had signed up who hardly saw the inside of the place

Kerrydude1981

Sigerson Cup preliminary round

Garda College 0-8 Cork IT 0-3, Templemore,

GMIT 2-7 IT Sligo 3-13, Tuam Stadium.

http://www.gaa.ie/football/news/thursday-indepedent-sigerson-cup-round/


Fixtures for next week

Tuesday 31 January

Sigerson Cup round 1

DCU-St Patricks v UCC, St Patricks, 3pm
IT Carlow v IT Tralee, IT Carlow, 3.30pm
Athlone IT v DIT, Athlone IT, 7.30pm


Thursday 2 February

Fitzgibbon Cup round 2

IT Carlow v Mary I, IT Carlow, 2pm
GMIT v DIT, Carnmore, 2pm
UL v NUIG, UL Grounds, 2pm
DCU-St Patricks v Cork IT, St Patricks, 2pm
Trinity College v WIT, Santry venue, 2pm
DCU v LIT, DCU Sportsgrounds, 7pm
UUJ v Maynooth University, Jordanstown, 2pm
UCD v UCC, Belfield, 3pm

Kerrydude1981

IT Tralee playing next week,could badly do with a good run in the Sigerson

dobbs2210

kkclubhurling wrote: »

As a hurling man I absolutely love the Fitzgibbon, it is a really classy competition and if you look through the 16 panels in it, nearly all of them have some really good hurlers, both present and future county stars. I do however have a problem with the blatant financial doping that some colleges are doing to get ahead.

The scholarship system is designed to give talented players help through education, both financially and their welfare also, it's brilliant and has undoubtedly helped hundreds of young men and women to further themselves and make the best of their academic potential. However, on the flip side of this, their are a number of colleges who totally and utterly abuse the system. I'm sure anyone who is clued into the competition can pick out a large number of players who are working full time and not in education either full or part time, the colleges throw a couple of grand their way, register them on a course and come January time they tog out and play championship. It devalues the competition in my opinion as there is simply not a level playing field, many colleges just can't compete with the big money their rivals are flashing and this is what is leading to an ever growing gulf between the top 8 or so colleges in the country, and the rest. I want to emphasise that not all the top tier colleges are at this, many of them are genuinely using the scholarship system as it should be, but the few that use it as a de facto Transfer Market needed to be stopped as it is fast becoming a joke.

Great post. Completely goes against the spirit of the competition. It's becoming more and more common among certain college teams where they are paying serious amounts of money to "stars" some of whom have nothing substantial won in the game. As stated these players have no connection with the college other than they are falsely registered on a course and turn out for all Fitzgibbon games.

I know one particular college not far from Kilkenny that activity seeks and recruits big players to come to play with their college. They failed at last minute last September time to secure the "services" of a high profile Wexford senior inter-county player who pulled out of the deal last minute.

Completely demeans the value of this wonderful competition in my opinion.

Prop Joe

dobbs2210 wrote: »

Great post. Completely goes against the spirit of the competition. It's becoming more and more common among certain college teams where they are paying serious amounts of money to "stars" some of whom have nothing substantial won in the game. As stated these players have no connection with the college other than they are falsely registered on a course and turn out for all Fitzgibbon games.

I know one particular college not far from Kilkenny that activity seeks and recruits big players to come to play with their college. They failed at last minute last September time to secure the "services" of a high profile Wexford senior inter-county player who pulled out of the deal last minute.

Completely demeans the value of this wonderful competition in my opinion.

100% correct and everyone knows it is happening.

I'd suggest a "Seanie Johnston type rule" where you must have played for the college the year before in a competition to be eligible for Sigerson/Fitzgibbon.


Most guys would play Freshers the first year but any guy switching colleges would have to play intermediate or junior the first year to be eligible for the Sigerson/Fitzgibbon the year after.

It would immediately cut out all these bullsh1t pay for play deals

dobbs2210

Prop Joe wrote: »

100% correct and everyone knows it is happening.

I'd suggest a "Seanie Johnston type rule" where you must have played for the college the year before in a competition to be eligible for Sigerson/Fitzgibbon.


Most guys would play Freshers the first year but any guy switching colleges would have to play intermediate or junior the first year to be eligible for the Sigerson/Fitzgibbon the year after.

It would immediately cut out all these bullsh1t pay for play deals

It will very quickly turn into a cancer spread across the colleges competitions if it already hasn't done so by now.

I admire the small pool of college teams that avoid this terrible practice and field 100% legitimate teams without this awful practice of paying sums of money to outside high-profile players to play in pursuit of success.

Fitzgibbon Cup is a sacred competition that we absolutely love and the spirit and integrity of the competition is being demeaned by this scandalous, underhanded and abuse of the system behaviour.

You're correct, effective action to stamp it out needs to be taken by the GAA Higher Education authority.

Prop Joe

dobbs2210 wrote: »

It will very quickly turn into a cancer spread across the colleges competitions if it already hasn't done so by now.

I admire the small pool of college teams that avoid this terrible practice and field 100% legitimate teams without this awful practice of paying sums of money to outside high-profile players to play in pursuit of success.

Fitzgibbon Cup is a sacred competition that we absolutely love and the spirit and integrity of the competition is being demeaned by this scandalous, underhanded and abuse of the system behaviour.

You're correct, effective action to stamp it out needs to be taken by the GAA Higher Education authority.

It's is already destroyed,Just look at the panels for the Fitzgibbon/Sigerson and see the amount of household names in "Year one" of a masters.I'd bet any man,any amount of money not one of them players will finish the semester

DuffleBag

I see the likes of Tadhg De Burca and DJ Foran have gone from UCC to UCD this year to do masters. Aidan Walsh tried similar in the sigerson when he was CIT and went to DCU to do a "masters". He couldnt play with DCU as he had already played too many years with CIT. Needless to say he didnt complete that DCU masters...

tanko

Is Michael Murphy from Donegal playing in the Sigerson this year?

Kerrydude1981

tanko wrote: »

Is Michael Murphy from Donegal playing in the Sigerson this year?

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/big-boost-for-gallagher-as-murphy-opts-out-of-sigerson-35222255.html

Kerrydude1981

Tuesday 31 January

Sigerson Cup round 1
St Mary's 1-9 NUIG 1-7, St Joseph's - FT
Garda College 0-13 UUJ 2-15, Templemore - AET
UCD 5-16 IT Sligo 2-6, Belfield - FT
DCU-St Patricks 0-10 UCC 3-24, St Patricks - FT
IT Carlow 1-8 IT Tralee 0-9, IT Carlow - FT
Athlone IT 0-11 DIT 1-13, Athlone IT - FT

http://www.gaa.ie/football/news/tuesday-independent-sigerson-cup-round/

DiscoStew

DuffleBag wrote: »

I see the likes of Tadhg De Burca and DJ Foran have gone from UCC to UCD this year to do masters. Aidan Walsh tried similar in the sigerson when he was CIT and went to DCU to do a "masters". He couldnt play with DCU as he had already played too many years with CIT. Needless to say he didnt complete that DCU masters...

DJ Foran and Tadhg de Burca have completed their undergraduates in UCC. Many students go on to complete a masters after their undergraduate.
Walsh's case was complicated as a rule had been introduced stipulating that if a student had been in college for more than 6 years they were ineligible, or if they were completing a third college course (or a higher number obviously).
De Burca and Foran have done 3 years in UCC I believe and are now onto their second course. Therefore they are perfectly eligible for FitzGibbon.

Prop Joe

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Tuesday 31 January

Sigerson Cup round 1
St Mary's 1-9 NUIG 1-7, St Joseph's - FT
Garda College 0-13 UUJ 2-15, Templemore - AET
UCD 5-16 IT Sligo 2-6, Belfield - FT
DCU-St Patricks 0-10 UCC 3-24, St Patricks - FT
IT Carlow 1-8 IT Tralee 0-9, IT Carlow - FT
Athlone IT 0-11 DIT 1-13, Athlone IT - FT

http://www.gaa.ie/football/news/tuesday-independent-sigerson-cup-round/

There are far too many teams at Sigerson Level,Currently there are 19 teams,It should be reduced to 12.

Same with Fitzgibbon there are 16 teams entered and the early rounds are awash with landslides

Topcat32

Prop Joe wrote: »

There are far too many teams at Sigerson Level,Currently there are 19 teams,It should be reduced to 12.

Same with Fitzgibbon there are 16 teams entered and the early rounds are awash with landslides

Yeah but surely for Collages its about participation and there is no real harm in a team getting a bad beating every few years, both IT Sligo and DCU have had very strong teams in recent years

DuffleBag

DiscoStew wrote: »

DJ Foran and Tadhg de Burca have completed their undergraduates in UCC. Many students go on to complete a masters after their undergraduate.
Walsh's case was complicated as a rule had been introduced stipulating that if a student had been in college for more than 6 years they were ineligible, or if they were completing a third college course (or a higher number obviously).
De Burca and Foran have done 3 years in UCC I believe and are now onto their second course. Therefore they are perfectly eligible for FitzGibbon.

I wasnt inferring they werent eligible. Just wondering what went on behind the scenes for such a move and what incentives if any were given

Kerrydude1981

Found this yesterday,good interview with Mary I manager Jamie Wall

http://www.southernstar.ie/sport/roundup/articles/2017/01/31/4133872-managing-expectations/

DiscoStew

DuffleBag wrote: »

I wasnt inferring they werent eligible. Just wondering what went on behind the scenes for such a move and what incentives if any were given

I think it's relatively common that students move college when moving onto a masters. It's possible incentives were offered but I would imagine it probably just suited the masters they were looking to do. I think if this particular college were going headhunting guys for their team DJ Foran wouldn't have been at the very top of their list.

Kerrydude1981

Thursday 2 February

Fitzgibbon Cup round 2
GMIT 0-10 DIT 3-15, Carnmore - FT
UL 2-21 NUIG 2-12, UL Grounds - FT
DCU-St Patricks 0-6 Cork IT 1-14, St Patricks - FT
UUJ 1-7 Maynooth University 4-23, Jordanstown - FT
UCD 1-5 UCC 1-8, Belfield - FT
DCU 0-15 LIT 2-12, DCU Sportsgrounds - FT
IT Carlow 0-18 Mary I 0-18, IT Carlow - FT

http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/thursday-independent-fitzgibbon-cup-round/

Kerrydude1981

Fixtures for next week,

Tuesday 7 February

Fitzgibbon Cup round 3
GMIT v IT Carlow, Carnmore, 2pm
DIT v Mary I, Grangegorman, 2pm
DCU-St Patricks v UL, St Patricks, 2pm
Cork IT v NUIG, Cork IT, 2pm
Trinity College v DCU, Santry venue, 2pm
WIT v LIT, WIT Sports Campus, 2pm
Maynooth University v UCC, Maynooth University, 2pm
UUJ v UCD, Jordanstown, 2.30pm

Fitzgibbon Group Tables

http://www.gaa.ie/highereducation/fixtures-and-results/fitzgibbon-cup/tables


Wednesday 8 February

Sigerson Cup quarter-finals
UUJ v UCD, Jordanstown, 2pm
IT Carlow v UCC, IT Carlow, 2pm
DCU v St Mary's, DCU Sportsgrounds, 2pm

Thursday 9 February

Sigerson Cup quarter-final
UL v DIT, UL Grounds, 2pm

Kerrydude1981

Tuesday 7 February

Fitzgibbon Cup round 3
GMIT 0-11 IT Carlow 6-20, Carnmore - FT
DIT 1-8 Mary I 5-28, Grangegorman - FT
DCU-St Patricks 2-14 UL 4-31, DCU Sportsgrounds - FT
Maynooth University 0-14 UCC 0-22, Maynooth University - FT
UUJ 0-5 UCD 1-25, Jordanstown - FT
Cork IT 0-19 NUIG 0-19, Cork IT - FT
Trinity College 1-14 DCU 0-19, Santry Avenue - FT
WIT 3-13 LIT 5-14, WIT Sports Campus - FT

http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/cruise-independent-fitzgibbon-cup-victory/

http://www.gaa.ie/highereducation/fixtures-and-results/fitzgibbon-cup/tables

The Slobs

Third Level colleges player qualification is always a puzzle to me

I have no problem with players doing a masters etc

But when players don't even attend the college and play when they are registered on a nominal course that's when you have to ask questions about the ethics of these in charge of teams in these bastions of our education system.

DIT lined out a prominent Wexford player last year who did not attend the college

Likewise WIT this year have a major player who works in a financial institution playing.

You have to query what else goes on and the extent of these practices

Kerrydude1981

Kerrydude1981

Wednesday 8 February

Sigerson Cup quarter-finals
UUJ 0-9 UCD 1-18, Jordanstown - FT
DCU 2-13 St Mary's 2-14, DCU Sportsgrounds - AET
IT Carlow 1-6 UCC 0-10, IT Carlow - AET

http://www.gaa.ie/football/news/wednesday-independent-sigerson-cup-quarter-finals-round/

statto25

UL beat DIT 0-10 to 0-7 today

Finals weekend is more or less on my doorstep next weekend so I must wander over for a look. Shame the semis are on at the same time as both games should be very competitive.

Kerrydude1981

Quarter Finals this week in the Fitzgibbion Cup

Tuesday 14 February

Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-finals
Mary I v NUIG, Mary I Grounds, 2pm
UCC v DCU, Mardyke, 3pm

Wednesday 15 February

Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-finals
UL v IT Carlow, UL Grounds, 1pm
LIT v UCD, Limerick IT, 3pm

http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/indepenent-fitzgibbon-cup-quarter-finals/

Stationmaster

Mary I won today. Think it finished up 4.18 to 1.16. Galvin played for Mary I.

Kerrydude1981

Tuesday 14 February

Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-finals
Mary I 4-18 NUIG 1-16, Mary I Grounds - FT
UCC 1-18 DCU 0-16, Mardyke - FT

http://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/independent-fitzgibbon-cup-holders-mary-march/

Prop Joe

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/sigerson-cup-rocked-by-eligibility-row-days-before-scheduled-semi-finals-777222.html

Unless there is a huge change of rules and proper sanctions of rule breaches this competition is dead in the water

Kerrydude1981

Prop Joe wrote: »

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/sigerson-cup-rocked-by-eligibility-row-days-before-scheduled-semi-finals-777222.html

Unless there is a huge change of rules and proper sanctions of rule breaches this competition is dead in the water

Did something similar happen last year or the year before?

Prop Joe

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Did something similar happen last year or the year before?

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/it-sligo-and-queens-thrown-out-of-sigerson-cup-661036.html

Happens every year

ciarriaithuaidh

Prop Joe wrote: »

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/sigerson-cup-rocked-by-eligibility-row-days-before-scheduled-semi-finals-777222.html

Unless there is a huge change of rules and proper sanctions of rule breaches this competition is dead in the water

It's far from "dead in the water" but this sh*t is a bit ridiculous alright. The Higher Education board only ruled on players the night before UUJ played the Guards I read, which is farcical carry on. They'd want to get their act together and check the declared players well before each team plays. Colleges and theur management would want to be slapped on the wrist for this stuff when needed on top of that. All the colleges have a full-time GAA administrator so there's no excuse for not knowing if a player is eligible or not. UUJ are particularly guilty of skirting the rules a bit in recent years.

The issue mentioned from last year wasn't quite as bad as it may appear. The IT Sligo player WAS a genuine student, 100%..but when you get elected to the student union you get most if not all your course off for that academic year and therefore, technically, are not a fulltime student.
The issue of Queens/Stranmillis is a replica of DCU/St Pats and UL/Mary I issues that are administrative in nature. I would blame Comhairle Ardoideachais more for those things for not clarifying the rules.

These are great competitions with fantastic games involving genuine students that get sometimes tarnished by the unethical actions of a few people and colleges.

Rasputin11

Carlow IT 4-16 UL 0-23 Ft. Big shock in the Fitzgibbon today.

Kerrydude1981

Rasputin11 wrote: »

Carlow IT 4-16 UL 0-23 Ft. Big shock in the Fitzgibbon today.

Thats a massive win for Carlow IT,I was beginning to think they were League specialists but now they are one game away from the final

No harm to shake things up a bit

Kerrydude1981

Looks like things got heated on the sideline!!

http://www.the42.ie/fitzgibbon-cup-7-3241085-Feb2017/

DuffleBag

No surprise, Lohan is a headcase!

Kerrydude1981

Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-finals
UL 0-23 IT Carlow 4-16, UL Grounds - FT
LIT 1-20 UCD 1-13, Limerick IT - FT

http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=266385

http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=266381

dttumpp

Very sad to see some colleges acting like this and giving the other colleges bad names.

Surely the rules can't be that complicated and too hard to follow. Time for colleges to be fined big time if not banned. And unsurprisingly it's the same colleges all the time.

Kerrydude1981

So it looks like the Semi Finals of the Sigerson are going ahead today

Sigerson Cup semi-finals
St Mary's v UCC, Connacht GAA Centre, 2pm
UCD v UL, Connacht GAA Centre, 4pm

stuba

Are they being streamed online or anything?

Kerrydude1981

stuba wrote: »

Are they being streamed online or anything?

I think its something TG4 should latch on to, a weekly highlights programme of both the Fitzgibbion and Sigerson Cups along then with the live coverage of the finals

statto25

TG4 are showing the final tomorrow at 3pm

DuffleBag

Jerome Quinn will have the highlights from all the matches online too on his video website.

DuffleBag

St Marys through to the final after beating a 13 man UCC by a point. 2-07 2-08. Sendings off came towards the end

Kerrydude1981

Independent.ie Sigerson Cup Semi-Final

St Mary’s, Belfast 2-7 UCC 2-6

By Cian O'Connell at the Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence

Ciaran Corrigan’s 52nd minute goal proved to be the key score as St Mary’s, Belfast advanced to their first Sigerson Cup Final since 1993.

Despite conceding two goals at the start of the game Paddy Tally’s hard working team responded impressively to secure victory.

Corrigan’s goal was followed by a splendid point from substitute Corey Quinn which edged the Ranch two in front.

A Brian O’Driscoll free narrowed the deficit, but UCC squandered several decent chances to force extra-time.

In the closing stages Adrian Spillane and Alan O’Donovan were both sent off for UCC, who had enjoyed such a productive opening.

UCC ruthlessly punished some early lapses in St Mary's concentration to bag two goals. Ian Maguire fisted a fifth minute goal and from the restart fed Cathal Bambury, who expertly bagged a second.

Mary's, though, came thundering back with points from Kieran McGeary (2) and Oisin O'Neill before netting a levelling goal.

Matthew Fitzpatrick reacted smartly to score after an O'Neill shot struck the woodwork. By the time the interval rolled around Mary's had edged 1-6 to 2-2 ahead.

When the action recommenced it remained keenly contested with three UCC points from Killian Spillane and O’Driscoll guiding them two points ahead.

Tally’s well organised Mary’s outfit remained calm with Corrigan’s major the important blow as UCC exited the competition.

Scorers for St Mary’s, Belfast: Matthew Fitzpatrick 1-1 (1f), Ciaran Corrigan 1-0, Oisin O’Neill 0-3 (2fs), Kieran McGeary 0-2 (2fs), Corey Quinn 0-1.

Scorers for UCC: Cathal Bambury 1-1, Ian Maguire 1-0, Brian O’Driscoll 0-3 (1f), Killian Spillane 0-2 (2fs).

St Mary’s, Belfast: Mark Reid (Down); Ruairi Mooney (Derry), Aaron McKay (Armagh), Kyle Mallon (Armagh); Colm Byrne (Tyrone), Conor Meyler (Tyrone), Kieran McGeary (Tyrone); Oisin O’Neill (Armagh), Diarmuid McConville (Armagh); Kevin McKernan (Down), Brian Og McGilligan (Derry), Stephen McConville (Down); Conall McCann (Tyrone), Matthew Fitzpatrick (Antrim), Cathal McShane (Tyrone).

Subs: Corey Quinn (Down) for Conall McCann (29 mins, bc), Ciaran MacIomhar for Kieran McGeary (47 mins, bc), Aidan Nugent (Armagh) for Stephen McConville (60 mins).

UCC: Michael Martin (Cork); Caoimhin Begley (Kerry), Fionan Clifford (Kerry), Jason Foley (Kerry); Kevin Crowley (Cork), Stephen Cronin (Cork), Tom O’Sullivan (Kerry); Ian Maguire (Cork), Ronan O’Toole (Cork); Ronan Buckley (Kerry), Adrian Spillane (Kerry), Jack Kennedy (Tipperary); Brian O’Driscoll (Cork), Killian Spillane (Kerry), Cathal Bambury (Kerry).

Subs: Kevin Flahive (Cork) for Caoimhin Begley (31 mins), Alan O’Donovan for Ronan O’Toole (42 mins), Stephen Sherlock (Cork) for Ronan Buckley (45 mins).

Referee: James Molloy (Galway).

Kerrydude1981

Independent.ie Sigerson Cup Semi-Final

UCD 1-10 UL 0-11

By Cian O'Connell at the Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence

UCD survived a real Sigerson Cup scare as the holders won an intriguing contest to set up a Saturday afternoon decider with St Mary’s, Belfast.

Deep into stoppage time UL came within a whisker of netting a last gasp goal, but Gearoid Hegarty dragged an effort narrowly wide.

That meant John Divilly’s UCD held on following a tense finish with Paul Mannion’s 36th minute goal from a penalty the decisive score.

UL shaded a lively opening period departing at the break armed with a slender 0-7 to 0-6 advantage.

Paul White's dashing work from wing back and Fergal Boland's clever promptings ensured Brian Carson's team caused the favourites problems.

Mannion nailed two nice scores for UCD, but UL struck four of the last five opening period points to lead at the break.

A Barry McGinn free restored parity prior to Mannion’s major which gave UCD a 1-7 to 0-6 lead six minutes after the restart.

Admirably competitive throughout UL reeled off three points on the spin courtesy of Niall McDermott, Denis Daly, and Michael Geaney to level.

In the closing 20 minutes UCD outscored UL by three points to one with Conor McCarthy prominent for the victors. UL battled until the bitter end, but UCD eked out a valuable victory.

Scorers for UCD: Paul Mannion 1-2 (1-0 pen), Conor McCarthy 0-3 (1f), Barry McGinn 0-2 (1f), Eamonn Wallace 0-1, Jack McCaffrey 0-1, Barry O’Sullivan 0-1.

Scorers for UL: Niall McDermott 0-4 (3fs), Denis Daly 0-2 (145), Michael Geaney 0-1, Fergal Boland 0-1, Paul White 0-1, Brendan O’Keefe 0-1 (f), Ian Burke 0-1 (f).

UCD: Colm Honan (Meath); Eoin Murchan (Dublin), Michael Fitzsimons (Dublin), Jim Rossiter (Wexford); Stephen Coen (Mayo), Jack McCaffrey (Dublin), Sean O’Dea (Limerick); Barry O’Sullivan (Kerry), Liam Casey (Tipperary); Sean Mullooly (Roscommon), Conor McCarthy (Monaghan), Eamonn Wallace (Meath); Larry Moran (Longford), Paul Mannion (Dublin), Barry McGinn (Monaghan).

Subs: Jack Barry (Kerry) for Sean Mullooly (31 mins), Conor Mullally (Dublin) for Eamonn Wallace (31 mins), Tom Hayes (Cavan) for Paul Mannion (39 mins), Robbie McDaid (Dublin) for Conor Mullaly (48 mins), Eoin Lowry (Laois) for Larry Moran (53 mins), Andy McDonnell for Michael Fitzsimons (54 mins, bc).

UL: Colm O’Driscoll (Cork); Cathal Long (Kerry), John Mullins (Cork), Darren Brosnan (Kerry); Paul White (Limerick), Luke Boland (Tipperary), Pearse Lillis (Clare); Gearoid Hegarty (Limerick), Cian Sheehan (Limerick); Fergal Boland (Mayo), Michael Geaney (Kerry), Brendan O’Keefe (Kerry); Shane Ryan (Kerry), Denis Daly (Kerry), Niall McDermott (Cavan).

Subs: Cian O’Dea (Clare) for Shane Ryan (31 mins), Ian Burke for Brendan O’Keefe (45 mins), Jack Goulding (Kerry) for Denis Daly (55 mins), Conor McNamee (Offaly) for Michael Geaney (59 mins), James Naughton (Limerick) for Luke Boland (59 mins).

Referee: John Gilmartin (Sligo).

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Boom__Boom

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Yup - been that way for a good few years.

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