Sigerson Cup: St Mary's shade close quarter-final encounter with Maynooth
February 06, 2019
St Marys' Colm Byrne celebrates.
St Mary’s have qualified for the last four of the Sigerson Cup thanks to a two-point quarter-final victory over Maynooth University at DKIT today.
The 2017 winners got their better of their opponents on a scoreline of 0-15 to 0-13 and overturned a 0-7 to 0-8 half-time deficit in the process.
Four unanswered points at the start of the second-half from Shane McGuigan (2), Ryan Coleman and Stephen McConville put the winners in pole position but Maynooth fought back to restore parity by the 48th minute thanks to a Stephen O’Hanlon leveller.
See action and reaction from the game here:
Video by Jerome Quinn Media for Higher Education GAA.
Colm Byrne subsequently edged the Belfast teachers back in front and they prevailed in a tense finish.
Daniel McKinless and James Kelly (Maynooth) were both shown red cards in the closing stages.
The three remaining quarter-final ties will take place tonight: UCC v IT Carlow (Mardyke, 7pm); UU v NUIG (Abbotstown, 7.30pm); UCD v DCU (Belfield, 7.30pm).
St Mary's - M Reid; L Rafferty (0-1), C Dillon, M Rooney; C Byrne (0-2), R McCusker, A Duffy; J Og Burns (0-1), L Devlin (0-1); S McConville (0-3, 2f), S McGuigan (0-5, 3f), A Boyle; N Toner (0-1), R Coleman (0-1), C McKinney. Subs: R McSherry for C McKinney, D McKinless for M Rooney.
Maynooth University - N Carrie; N O’Sullivan, J Kelly, M Hyland; D Courtney, J Gibbons (0-1), E Moloney; E Devine, D Lyons; R O Giollain, N O’Donnell, S Comerford; S O’Hanlon (0-3), P Fogarty (0-6, 5f, 1'45), J Hyland (0-2f). Subs: P Brophy (0-1) for D Lyons, K O’Callaghan for S Comerford, D Malone for E Devine, K Barrett for R O Giollain.
Referee - K Fallon.
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