Ursula Jacob says UL's expulsion from the Ashboune Cup is 'not good enough'.

UL's controversial elimination from the blue riband third level camogie championship completely overshadowed the finals weekend. After beating Maynooth by 34 points in their final group game, the Limerick students thought they had done enough to qualify for the semi-finals on scoring difference, only to be informed last week that there had been a score error in last November's game between DCU and Maynooth.

"Firstly, the Ashbourne Cup competition is a fantastic tournament. It should be one of the highlights of the camogie season but this weekend has been completely overshadowed by this controversy," former Wexford and WIT star Jacob said on RTÉ's Allianz League Sunday.

"I really feel for the players involved. It's just really appalling how it's all been dealt with.

"I'd have serious questions over how the whole process was handled (and) how we got to this stage because UL were preparing for an Ashbourne Cup semi-final three days ago and their details were included in the weekend's programme and then they have to go up to UCD and just watch UCC and DCU play out a semi-final.

"There's lots of questions. I'd really question the kind of communcation that happened over the last couple of weeks (and) the transparency.

"That's not good enough and it's not good enough for the players."

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