Five-star UL crush TUS Midwest in first Fitzgibbon Cup outing
January 21, 2022
UL were 31-point winners over TUS Midwest on Thursday night
University of Limerick were in ruthless form last night as they defeated neighbours TUS Midwest with 31 points to spare in round one of the Fitzgibbon Cup.
It finished 5-30 to 0-14 at Maguires Fields, where Clare ace Mark Rodgers fired a hat-trick for the hosts while Tipperary’s Gearoid O’Connor and Sean Twomey of Cork also hit the net.
The six-time champions hammered in all of their goals during the first-half to take in an unassailable 5-14 to 0-5 lead at the break.
Billy Seymour smashed over a penalty for TUS in the second-half, while Robin Mounsey contributed three points in the losing effort.
Earlier in the day, GMIT also cruised to victory by seeing off Trinity College on a 3-26 to 1-08 score-line.
This week's Sigerson Cup round 2 and Fitzgibbon Cup round 1 results
Tuesday 18 January
Sigerson Cup round 2A
UL 2-23 Letterkenny IT 3-15
NUIG 3-10 Queen's 2-7
MTU Kerry 4-9 MTU Cork 1-10
Wednesday 19 January
Sigerson Cup round 2A
DCU 1-14 St Mary's, Belfast 1-13
Sigerson Cup round 2B
UCD 4-15 UCC 3-9
Maynooth University 4-9 TU Dublin 1-11
IT Carlow 2-10 IT Sligo 0-6
Fitzgibbon Cup round 1
Group A
UCC 1-21 Mary Immaculate 0-19
NUIG 1-21 UCD 1-18
Group B
DCU 0-21 Maynooth University 0-11
IT Carlow 1-21 WIT 2-16
Thursday 20 January
Fitzgibbon Cup round 1
Group C
GMIT 3-26 Trinity College 1-8
Group D
UL 5-30 TUS Midwest 0-14
