UCD book Sigerson quarter final date with Maynooth after comprehensive first round Sigerson victory
UCD 0-13 Athlone IT 0-4 UCD’s Sigerson Cup campaign began with a routine nine point victory over a tenacious but limited Athlone IT side on a typically frosty and blustery night in Belfield. It was a game which the College never looked like losing without excelling beyond third gear, eventually overwhelming the Westmeath opponents [...]
UCD bounce back after Dublin Championship defeat with statement Ryan Cup victory over DCU.
A hat-trick of goals in the opening quarter proved decisive as St. Vincents claimed their quarter final ticket of the Dublin Senior Football Championship with a comfortable 4-11 to 1-12 victory over UCD. It was always likely to be a tall order for the College to upset the odds against a strong Vincents outfit including [...]
Jacks Rule the Kingdom
Sean Grennan relives the day that Sam Maguire made its long awaited return to Dublin hands. The Sunday before last saw two of the country’s top football teams contest the Senior All-Ireland Football Final in what was one of the most eagerly-anticipated matches the championship has seen in years. Both teams went into the match [...]
UCD Denied Home Centenary Final in Sigerson, UCD 0-11 UCC 0-13
UCD crashed out of the semi-finals of the Sigerson Cup following a narrow defeat to UCC at home. Hosting the centenary year of the competition at home in Belfield, UCD were edged out by two late UCC points by corner forward Barry O’Driscoll and centre half-forward Mark Collins. A victory for UCC looked unlikely in [...]
Belfield Side Primed for Sigerson Siege
Ahead of the 100th year of the Sigerson Cup, Declan Hegarty spoke to team manager Malachy O’Rourke Inaugural winners of the competition in 1911, UCD fittingly play host to this year’s Sigerson Cup; the premier Gaelic competition for third level institutions in Ireland. Given UCD’s rich and central role in the competition, it is apt [...]
Louth Leave it Late to Defeat Students
Louth 2-11 UCD 0-16 O’Byrne Cup Semi-Final Drogheda Colman Hanley UCD’s fine run in the O’Byrne Cup was brought to an end by an injury-time winning point by Louth midfielder Ronan Carroll. The Students, having beaten Seamus McEnaney’s Meath and Carlow in previous rounds, were left heartbroken as Carroll’s point two minutes into injury time [...]