The University of Galway senior footballers bowed out of the Sigerson Cup at the quarter-final stage last night in Dangan when a strong final quarter from UCD saw the Dublin side win by 1-14 to 1-6. UCD started the brighter and led 0-3 to 0-1 after 10 minutes, but didn't score again until first-half stoppage time as University of Galway took control of the game with a Ryan O'Donoghue goal to lead 1-3 to 0-4 at the break. UCD played their way back into the game in the third quarter and the sides were level at 1-6 to 0-9 when the University of Galway squandered two great goal opportunities and were made to pay, as UCD rattled off 1-5 without reply in the final quarter to book a semi-final meeting with UL. With the match report from last night's game, here is Kevin O'Dwyer...
After the game, Kevin caught up with the UCD manager John Divilly...
Elsewhere in the Sigerson Cup quarter-finals, the University of Limerick, featuring Claregalway's Conor Flaherty in goals and Corofin's Jack McCabe at full-forward defeated DCU, who Sean Fitzgerald from Barna in the full-back line. Final score: UL 0-14 DCU 1-10. Maynooth University scored a late winner over Queen's Belfast to win 0-10 to 0-9 and Ulster University recorded a 0-16 to 1-10 success over TU Dublin in Grangegorman.
