St Mary’s shock DCU while UU crash out

TOO GOOD…Conor McCarthy’s goal put the seal on UCD’s comfortable win over UU

ST Mary’s have booked their spot at the Sigerson Cup weekend after shocking Dublin City University, but they will not be joined by Ulster University who were hammered 1-18 to 0-9 by University College Dublin.

Paddy Tally’s men led by four points with 25 minutes remaining but two Enda Smith goals appeared to have ended their hopes before a stirring fightback, capped off by a last-gasp Cathal McShane point, forced extra time.

A Brian Og Magilligan goal 30 seconds into extra time put them in the driving seat, and they managed to fend off DCU’s fightback to secure a famous 2-14 to 2-13 win.

With an array of top inter-county talent on show, UU were tipped to go far in this competition but a quarter-final was as far as they could get as UCD tore them apart.

The visitors were unfortunate to only lead by a point at the break as they gave up a number of goal chances, but a strong start to the second half and a goal from Conor McCarthy sealed their passage. UU finished the match with 13 players following Gareth McKinless and Ronan McNamee’s dismissals.