Fitzgibbon Cup: UCD stroll to 17-point success

January 29, 2015

Kilkenny's Cillian Buckley in the colours of UCD.
©INPHO/Donall Farmer.

UCD 1-23
St Pat's Mater Dei 1-6

UCD experienced little difficulty in disposing of the challenge of St Pat's in Group A of the Fitzgibbon Cup at Belfield today.

The Nicky English managed hosts dominated the first-half exchanges and were rewarded with a 0-16 to 1-3 interval lead.

And there was no let up in the second-half as they outscored the visitors by 1-7 to 0-3.

UCD - B Leydon; E Conroy, C O'Shea, S Murphy; J Lyng, M O'Hanlon (0-1), C Buckley; C O'Callaghan, P Purcell (0-3); C Cronin (0-3), C Devitt (0-1), J O'Connor (0-2); O O'Ruairc, C McDonagh (0-1), R King (0-8, 5f). Subs: C Conway (1-4) for O O'Ruairc, D Mulligan for P Purcell, C O'Shea for J O'Connor.

St Pat's Mater Dei - J Higgins; D Egan, P Donnelly, S Parsons; R O'Hanrahan, R Tubrid, K Crean; N Maguire, C Kilkenny; C Wafer, E Price (0-2), C Joyce; E MacIntyre, P Sutton (1-2, 0-1f), C Morris (0-1). Subs: D Flaherty for S Parsons, M Staunton (0-1f) for N Maguire.

Referee - J Keane.


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