UCC 1-12 Cork IT 1-10 UCC will face either Kerry or Tipperary in the McGrath Cup final following this hard-earned win over Sigerson Cup rivals Cork IT yesterday. The victory at CIT's grounds means that UCC will have two outings next week with a Sigerson Cup opener against DIT on Wednesday being followed by the McGrath Cup decider the following Sunday. Sigerson Cup holders CIT started brightly and led by 0-3 to 0-1 after 15 minutes, but UCC replied with five unanswered points to lead by 0-6 to 0-3 four minutes before the break. But a goal from Paul Kerrigan, after Barry John Walsh's initial effort had been saved, had the home side 1-5 to 0-7 in front at the break. Points from Daniel Goulding and Gary Sayers extended CIT's advantage to 1-8 to 0-8 early in the second half, but a fisted goal from John Buckley brought UCC back into it and they outscored their rivals by 0-4 to 0-2 in the time remaining to seal their final place. UCC - K O'Halloran; L Jennings, R Buckley, E Cotter; P Crowley, A Greaney, B Daly; M Shields 0-1, J Buckley 1-1; D O'Callaghan 0-2, D Goold 0-2, S Kiely 0-2; D Kearney 0-2, S Hayes, P Honohan 0-1. Subs - M Collins for Hayes, D Casey 0-1 for Goold, K O'Driscoll for Kiely. CIT - B Kelly; N Galvin, S O'Donoghue, R Carey; A Walsh 0-1, P O'Flynn, C O'Driscoll; S O'Hare, A O'Sullivan; J Fitzpatrick, P Kerrigan 1-1, S McCarthy; C O'Neill, BJ Walsh, D Goulding 0-7. Subs - G Sayers 0-1 for Fitzpatrick, B McGuire for O'Donoghue, R Leahy for McCarthy, R O'Dwyer for O'Hare. Tweet

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