This afternoon (Wednesday) marks the beginning of the Sigerson Cup competition. NUIG begin their journey against Trinity College on home soil, in Dangan at 2.30pm in the preliminary round of the competition. NUIG had a fantastic start to the year, claiming victories against Mayo and IT Sligo in the FBD league.
The panel for NUIG’s Sigerson game against Trinity College has a strong Galway contingent with eleven of the panel hailing from the Maroon and White. Sean Kelly and Peter Cooke come from Moycullen, Luke Burke from Caltra, while goalkeeper Tadgh O Malley hails from Lettermore.
Mountbellew Moylough are represented by Matt Barrett and Michael Daly, while Ryan Forde and Damian Comer are from Annaghdown. Enda Tierney from Oughterard, Ruairi Greene from Killannin and James Kennedy from Barna round off the Galway strong NUIG team.
The winners of this game will face St Marys in the next round on the 31st of January.
This year’s ‘Sigerson weekend’ which is home to the Semi Final and Final of the cup competition will be held in the Connacht Centre of Excellence in Bekan, Co. Mayo.
