UL 0-18
UCD 0-15

Favourites University of Limerick were forced to dig deep to see off the challenge of visitors UCD in today's quarter-final.

Without David McInerney and Tony Kelly, Brian Lohan's star-studded outfit played second fiddle to the Belfield College in the opening 30 minutes and were faced with a four-point deficit - 0-5 to 0-9 - at the change of ends.

Whatever the Clare All-Ireland legend said to his troops during the half-time team-talk worked a treat, however, as they proceeded to outscore their opponents by 13 points to six in the second-half.

The win secures UL's place at this year's finals weekend which will be hosted by their Limerick neighbours LIT on February 27/28.

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UL - P Maher; J Browne, B Troy, G Ryan; D Quinn, J Forde (0-2, 1f, 1'65), B Stapleton (0-1); D Morrissey (0-1), A McGuane; J McGrath (0-7, 5f), C Martin (0-4, 1f), PJ Scully; K O'Brien, Stephen Bennett (0-1), T Heffernan (0-2). Sub: T Cleary for PJ Scully.

UCD - B Leydon; E Conroy, M O'Hanlon, C McDonagh; J Lyng, C O'Shea (0-1f), C Buckley; C O'Callaghan, P Purcell (0-2); C Cronin (0-1), C Devitt (0-2), J O'Connor (0-1); O O'Rourke, G Sinnott (0-1), R King (0-6f). Subs: D Mulligan (0-1) for C O'Callaghan, C Conway for J O'Connor, S Aylward for P Purcell, M Brennan for C Cronin.

Referee - B Kelly.

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