Sigerson Cup round-up: holders off to flier
January 31, 2017
Cormac Costello of DCU with UCC's Lawrence Bastible in Sigerson Cup action ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy
UCD opened their Sigerson Cup defence with a commanding 5-16 to 2-6 victory over IT Sligo at Belfield this afternoon.
John Divilly's lads led by 1-9 to 1-5 at the break, with Larry Moran and Eoghan Ban Gallagher trading goals, and further three-pointers from Paul Mannion, Conor McCarthy, Moran and Brian O Seanachain put the game to bed upon the restart
At St Joseph's, Paddy Tally's St Mary's battled to a brilliant 1-9 to 1-7 defeat of NUIG. Maurice Sheridan's charges led by 1-6 to 1-3 at the interval after Matthew Fitzpatrick has netted early on for the West Belfast college and Owen Gallagher replied in kind.
The match between Garda College and competition favourites UUJ at Templemore went to extra time after the teams shared 24 points inside the regulation hour. But extra time goals from Ryan McHugh and Michael McEvoy helped Jordanstown to a 2-15 to 0-13 success, with Patrick McBrearty on target seven times.
Elsewhere, UCC beat DCU / St Patrick's by 3-24 to 0-10 and and IT Carlow edged out IT Tralee, 1-8 to 0-9.
In the final game of the day, DIT beat Athlone IT 1-13 to 0-11 with Martin Farragher netting the goal.
UCD - C Honan; C Mullally, R McDaid (0-1), P Healy; S O'Dea, S Coen, J McCaffrey; B O'Sullivan (0-1), J Barry (0-1); C McCarthy (1-2), C Basquel (0-1), E Wallace (0-2); P Mannion (1-0), L Moran (2-2), E Lowry (0-4, 3f). Subs: B McGinn (0-1) for P Mannion, E Murchan for C Basquel, A McDonnell (0-1) for S Coen, N McInerney for J McCaffrey, B O Seanachain (1-0) for S O'Dea.
IT Sligo - D Cafferkey; R Gallagher, A McClean, D McConnon; E Ban Gallagher (1-0), R Gorman (0-1), E McGrath; R Connolly, K McBrearty; P Neilan, R Smyth, C McGettigan (0-1f); B Walsh, J Shaughnessy (0-1), J Brennan (0-3). Subs: D McGovern (1-0) for B Walsh, D Curran for P Neilan, K Rudden for J Brennan, J O'Reilly for E McGrath, S Meehan for C McGettigan (BC).
Referee - J Hickey.
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St Mary's - M Reid; J Hannigan, A McKay, K Mallon; C Byrne, M O'Hare, C Meyler (0-1); D McConville, O O'Neill (0-1); C Corrigan (0-2), K McKernan (0-1), J Colton; S McConville, M Fitzpatrick (1-0), C McShane (0-2). Subs: C McCann (0-1) for J Colton, R Mooney for M O'Hare, B Og McGilligan for D McConville, D Kavanagh (0-1) for M Fitzpatrick, C MacIomhair for J Hannigan, C Quinn for C Corrigan.
NUIG - T O'Malley; S Brennan, E O'Donoghue, A O'Connor; S Kelly (0-1), K McDonnell, L Burke; E Tierney (0-1), P Cooke; S Conroy, M Daly (0-2), A Gallagher (0-1f); R Greene (0-1), D Comer (0-1), O Gallagher (1-0). Subs: J Donoghue for S Conroy, M McClean for S Kelly, R Forde for M McClean, D McCormack for O Gallagher, C Kelly for K McDonnell, C Bonner for R Greene.
Referee - P Faloon.
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UUJ - S Fox; R Kelly, R Johnstone, R McNamee; S Sheridan, G McKinless, R McAnespie; N McKeever, T O'Brien; R McHugh (1-1), E Rafferty (0-3), R McGlone; P McBrearty (0-7, 6f), N Madine (0-4), M Bradley. Subs: E McHugh for S Sheridan, M McEvoy (1-0) for R McGlone, T Clarke for G McKinless, N Walsh for N McKeever, C Boylan for R McAnespie, J Kearney for T O'Brien, D Gallagher for M Bradley.
Garda College - S Murphy; S O'Malley, G Petitt, J Morris; B Kane, T Featherston, P Morris (0-1); B Murphy (0-1), D Gallagher; S Carroll (0-2), A Tormey, C Fitzmaurice (0-2); E Cleary (0-1), P Kelleher, T McDaniel (0-6, 5f). Subs: G Ennis for P Kelleher, K Tarrant for G Petitt (BC), D Dwyer for C Fitzmaurice, K Nugent for B Kane, P Kelleher for J Morris.
Referee - J Molloy.
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UCC - M Martin; L Bastible, J McGuire, J Foley; K Crowley (0-1), S Cronin, T O'Sullivan (0-1); I Maguire, R O'Toole (0-1); R Buckley (0-1), A Spillane (2-3), J Kennedy (0-2); C Dorgan (0-4, 2f), K Spillane (1-2), C Bambury (0-5). Subs: K Flahive for K Crowley, C Kiely for I Maguire, S Sherlock (0-3, 1f) for K Spillane, K Ryan for C Dorgan, M O'Donnell (0-1) for J Kennedy, B Looby for T O'Sullivan.
DCU / St Patrick's - P Byrne; N O'Donnell, K Loughran, P O Gallochoir; J Stewart (0-1), E Sommerville, R Daly (0-1); A Elliot, N Loughman; A Fitzgerald, C Kilkenny (0-1), J McGarvey; C Costello (0-2, 1f), H Darcy, A Varley (0-4). Subs: S Treanor for N O'Donnell, B Kelly for J McGarvey, R Gillespie for A Fitzgerald, N Lowry for K Loughran, G McDermott (0-1) for H Darcy.
Referee - N McKenna.
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IT Carlow - R Samson; J Mitchell, T O'Connell, J Casey; E Buggie (0-1), C Ward (0-1), N Kane; S Maughan, M Russell; R Ryan, A Dever (0-1), W Young; K Ryan (0-2), L Flynn, C Healy (1-1, 0-1f). Subs: R Cahill (0-2f) for M Russell (BC), D O'Sullivan for W Young, J Logue for S Maughan, C O'Toole for A Dever.
IT Tralee - B Galvin; D Kennedy, G Crowley, C Cromwell; V Horan (0-1), D McElligott, S Guthrie; D Somers, L Kearney; C O'Driscoll, P O'Shea, P O'Donoghue (0-3f); D O'Keeffe, C Keane (0-3), S Cournane (0-2, 1f). Subs: P Quille for P O'Shea, C Lowney for C O'Driscoll, S Flynn for D Kennedy, O Roche for D O'Keeffe.
Referee - B Cawley.
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DIT - L Molloy; S Clayton, C McGill, L Hughes; G Guilfoyle, A Waters, B Maher (0-1); T Corcoran (0-1), I Fahey; E Flanagan, C Thompson (0-2), C Kavanagh; L Irwin (0-1f), M Farragher (1-1), C Madden (0-7, 2f). Subs: K O'Gara for C Kavanagh; G O'Reilly for L Irwin, T Clarke for M Farragher.
Athlone IT - D O'Connell; D Monagle, S Flynn, J Wharton; K Stewart, A Claffey, E Quigley; M Daly, C Marlow; D McDermott (0-1), C McMonagle (0-6, 5f), M Rohan (0-2); R Brady (0-1), B Berry, J Matthews (0-1). Subs: M Gordon for K Stewart, G Horan for D McDermott, C Fitzgerald for M Rohan, T Watts for C Marlow, D Wharton for C Fitzgerald (BC), M Gorman for B Berry.
Referee - A Nolan.
