Best of luck to O'Rourke and Pats Navan today. Game is live on TG4 at 3:15 for anyone interested.

ClassApart (Meath) - Posts: 1200 - 13/04/2013 11:54:28    1366874

Best team won, well done Maghera, probably were more than 10 points the better team. Very disappointed in Navan, relied on a few frees to keep them in it at half-time, tactically colm o'rourke was all at sea.

Just shows how strong Ulster Colleges football is when it took a replay to overcome St. Colmans and only had a point over St Paul's,
well done Maghera

cuchulainn35 (Armagh) - Posts: 1691 - 13/04/2013 16:45:02    1367027

Hard luck Navan, thats 3 finals in Croke Park some of those young lads have lost in the last year, hopefully some of them will get back there again in the summer.

ClassApart (Meath) - Posts: 1200 - 13/04/2013 16:51:01    1367037

Well done st pats Maghera on your victory and commiserations to navan but the better team won, agree with chuchuallain ulster colleges very strong at the minute and the minor club competition does no harm. Last time I saw ulster colleges with the same quality in the late 80's resulted in a 4 in a row all Ireland up north . Time will tell.

johnjoseph (Derry) - Posts: 158 - 13/04/2013 18:39:06    1367107

Congrats St Pats mighty team effort on a down side commission's to my old HTC losing by a point but the best team won without a doubt.

fortyfive (Tyrone) - Posts: 5929 - 13/04/2013 18:41:26    1367111

Ye ulster colleges is really strong alright. But what happened last year when the ulster team was hammered in the final? Some serious points kicked by maghera.

Maestro (Meath) - Posts: 602 - 13/04/2013 20:32:39    1367168

Now now none of this oul North/South thing! Ulster Colleges football has been strong but not as many are now going on to be full county players as say 10/15/20 years ago.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9840 - 13/04/2013 20:57:19    1367179

You've made an interesting assertion there, Ulsterman, that fewer college players are now making the breakthrough to inter-county football. Do you have facts to back that up? And, if it's true, I'd be interested in hearing opinions as to why that might be the case.

football first (None) - Posts: 1259 - 14/04/2013 12:07:02    1367280

Think it's madness playing these games in an empty stadium. Either put the Hogan Cup final before a big game in Croker or else put it in a smaller ground. The atmosphere at the ulster schools final was brilliant. Yesterday there wasn't one

square_ball_69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 826 - 14/04/2013 12:40:20    1367293

Hi guys,

Tactical analysis of the Hogan Cup Final now up http://action81.com/blog/?p=7104

Emmet

emmetryan (Dublin) - Posts: 154 - 14/04/2013 14:44:32    1367337

I would agree with football first, I think there are more college players coming through than say 20 years ago when there would have been a bigger drop off rate (not just from football but from college altogether). I think between down Derry and Armagh there will a fair few of those lads competing at senior level. In my opinion !

johnjoseph (Derry) - Posts: 158 - 14/04/2013 15:21:52    1367348