Fitzgibbon Cup: Mahony and UCC run riot
February 02, 2012UCC 7-18
DCU 0-10
As the scoreline suggests, the Cork students were totally dominant and have put themselves in a strong position to earn a home quarter-final berth ahead of next week's trip to Galway to face GMIT. Waterford and Ballygunner star Pauric Mahony had a field day, finishing with a personal tally of 3-3, while Limerick's Willie Griffin chipped in with 2-5.
DCU were competitive early on and only trailed by 0-2 to 0-3 at the end of the first quarter. But UCC took control after that and Mahony's first goal from a 20-metre free in the 25th minute had them perched on a 1-12 to 0-5 lead at the interval.
The floodgates opened after the restart when Stephen Moylan, Griffin and Mahony all found the net for the rampant hosts.
Scorers - UCC: P Mahony 3-3 (1-0f), W Griffin 2-5 (0-3f), D Brosnan 1-2, S Moylan 1-1, S Bourke 0-4, B Hartnett 0-2, M Grace 0-1. DCU: E Kent 0-6 (0-5f, 0-1 65), W O'Brien 0-2, S McGrath, J Cullen 0-1 each.
UCC: D McCarthy (Cork); S Maher (Tipperary), J O'Callaghan (Cork), K Murphy(Cork); J Barry (Tipperary), D Fives (Waterford), W Egan(Cork); D Kearney (Cork), B Murray (Cork); S Harnedy (Cork), M Grace (Kilkenny), P Mahony (Waterford); S Bourke (Tipperary), S Moylan (Cork), W Griffin (Limerick). Subs: S Corry (Cork) for Kearney (11, inj), D Brosnan (Cork) for Harnedy (27, inj), B Hartnett (Cork) for Grace (45), P O'Mahony (Cork) for O'Callaghan (51), J Nagle (Cork) for O'Callaghan (51).
DCU: B McCormack (Tipperary); S Kelly (Carlow), W Eviston (Tipperary), J Whelan (Wexford); J Ging (Laois), JJ Lennon (Kilkenny), A Cash (Wexford); E Kent (Wexford), Q Lynch (Galway); O Ó Maoileidigh (Dublin), W O'Brien (Cork), S McGrath (Dublin); D Reidy (Clare), C Foley (Dublin), J Cullen (Wexford). Subs: S Griffith (Wexford) for Lynch (inj) (21), J Murphy (Wexford) for Kelly (48), G Muldoon (Galway) for Reidy (53).
Referee: P Casey (Waterford). Tweet
