UUJ and St Mary's have opted not to withdraw from the 2013 McKenna Cup.

Queen's announced earlier this week that they would not be taking part in the competition, which commences on Sunday week, and it was expected that the other two college sides might follow suit in protest at the expected unavailability of intercounty players.

However, these fears have been allayed and it appears that both Jordanstown and St Mary's are prepared to tough it out:

"We have been informed by both UUJ and St Mary's that they are fully committed to the McKenna Cup," an Ulster Council spokesman is quoted as saying in today's Belfast Telegraph.

"There is no meeting of the Council scheduled to deal with this matter as things stand but obviously it is disappointing to see Queen's take this course of action." Tweet

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