The Electric Ireland Fitzgibbon Cup reaches the semi-final stage this afternoon, with two recent winners facing two institutions chasing a first-ever success.

“A lot of people probably wouldn’t think that I was much good at hurling,” Michael Walsh offers, suggesting later on that, “realistically, I was a very average hurler in terms of hurling ability.”

An uninterrupted seven-point first-half scoring burst set NUI Galway on their way to the quarter-finals of the Electric Ireland Fitzgibbon Cup as they proved superior to CIT last night.

A sixth Electric Ireland Fitzgibbon Cup title for University of Limerick at Mallow today following victory over first-time finalists Dublin City University.