UNIVERSITY of Limerick breezed past MTU Cork, 1-28 to 0-10, in the semi-final of the Fitzgibbon Cup Colleges’ Hurling Championship at Mallow.
Brian Ryan’s side now meet DCU, 1-20 to 1-16 semi-final victors over fancied UCC, in Saturday’s Final at the Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence in Bekan, 2.45pm.
On Tuesday, UL’s cause was helped by an ill-disciplined Cork team who had two players red-carded in the first half.
Captain Colin Coughlan (Ballybrown) again impressed with four points for the winners, while also among a plethora of scorers were Doon’s Adam English and Aidan O’Connor, Ballybrown.
UL are seeking a third title inside four years and a ninth overall.
UL: Darach Fahy (Galway); Aaron Morgan (Tipperary, John Conneally (Clare), Michael Corcoran (Tipperary); Killian Doyle 0-1 (Kilkenny), Mark Fitzgerald (Waterford), Colin Coughlan, captain, 0-4 (Limerick); Brian O’Sullivan 0-3 (Cork), Adam English 0-2 (Limerick); Gearóid O’Connor 0-5 (Tipperary), Colm O’Meara 1-2 (Clare), Patrick Crotty (Clare); Jack Leahy 0-4 (Cork), Aidan O’Connor 0-2 (Limerick), Patrick O’Donovan (Limerick).
Substitutes used: Ciarmhac Smyth (Cork), Evan O’Leary (Limerick), Diarmuid Hannify 0-2 (Galway), Sean Rynne 0-2 (Clare), Seán O’Hanlon 0-2 (Galway), John Fitzgerald (Limerick).
