Sweeney saves UCC at the death

UCC 0-15 CIT 0-15 (aet)

Thu, 09 May, 2013 - 01:00
Denis Hurley

With time running out, points from Pa Joy and Ciarán Sheehan looked to have given CIT victory as they held on to a one-point lead after coming back strongly in extra time, but Conor Sweeney’s injury-time free secured the draw for UCC.

While points from Conor Cox and Eoin Buckley had UCC off to a good start, they found themselves on the back foot for much of the opening quarter.

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