UCD 2-18 DCU 0-12: UCD finished strongly to claim the Ryan Cup, following victory over rivals DCU in last night’s HE SFL Division 1 Final at Parnell Park.

Bandon are seeking an unusual Irish cup double this weekend as they descend on Belfield for the women’s Irish Junior Cup and men’s Irish Hockey Trophy finals.

University College Dublin won a thrilling Ulster Bank League Division 1A clash with leaders Lansdowne at Belfield on Saturday to maintain their challenge to finish in the top four.

Harding Cup: It turned out to be a bad day for Dublin based sides as the Irish Universities Harding Cup got under way at UCC.

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UCC captain Fionn O’Leary hopes his side can be the ultimate spoilers as they make their Irish Hockey League debut at Instonians tomorrow.

Munster sides landed three national titles from a possible four over a memorable weekend at Belfield.

Stephen Kenny wants his Dundalk players to maintain their desire to help sustain their impressive start to the season.

SIGERSON CUP QUARTER-FINAL:

With Dublin clubs taking control of the top divisions in the Ulster Bank Leagues, fifth placed Young Munster are now the best of the Munster clubs.

Kick-off 2.30pm unless stated –

Kick-off 2.30pm unless stated –

Tries from back rowers Pierce Dargan and Jack Kelly helped Dublin University defeat Dungannon 24-16 at Merrion Road as the students held onto second place in Ulster Bank League Division 1B.

UCD GAA officer Dave Billings believes association chiefs should consider running the Sigerson Cup on a round-robin basis and excluding college teams from pre-season inter-county competitions.

Results, scores and scorers from today's Ulster Bank League ties

Rugby fans will be spoilt for choice tonight as the Ulster Bank League keeps up its cracking early-season pace with a number of mouthwatering ties set for Dublin, Cork and Limerick.

Brothers Andrew and Roger Gray once again saved their best for Belfield as UCC won their first ever national senior club title in men’s hockey with a rousing 3-1 Irish Hockey Trophy final victory over Raphoe yesterday.

John Jackson has proved himself one of the most eloquent and thoughtful Irish hockey players when a dictaphone is thrust in his direction.

A Niall Hanley header after 12 minutes proved enough to give UCD another Irish Universities Collingwood Cup title in the decider against Mary Immaculate College, Limerick at the University of Limerick yesterday.

Holders UCC continued their charge towards another Collingwood Cup as they scored a comfortable 4-0 win over a disappointing NUI Galway yesterday.

Mark Langtry kept UCD hopes alive with an equaliser five minutes from time to send their Irish Universities Collingwood Cup first round tie against DCU into extra-time and penalties on the opening day of this years’ competition at UL.

NUI Maynooth held off a late challenge from 14-man UCD to forge a deserved victory in last night’sfloodlit Sigerson Cup quarter-final.

Kevin McManamon, Bryan Cullen, Diarmuid Connolly and Sean Murray all scored goals as Dublin secured a Bord na Mona O'Byrne Cup semi-final berth thanks to a 4-14 to 0-12 win over UCD at Parnell Park last night.

MUNSTER will be anxiously awaiting news of Paddy Butler’s fitness after the backrower injured his shoulder in Shannon’s Ulster Bank League loss to Blackrock on Saturday.

UCC DEMONS, who sprung a huge shock last weekend when ending the winning run of the Nivea for Men SuperLeague leaders, DCU Saints, travel to Dublin tomorrow in search of another upset when they take on 11890 Killester.

IT was a profitable trip south for UCD on Saturday, as their men and women came away with big wins from Bandon and Cork Harlequins respectively to advance in the Irish Senior Cup.

A MEMORABLE weekend could be in store for Munster hockey with three sides seeking maiden Irish cup titles, while there are a slew of pivotal ties as the leagues approach their finales.

DANNY O’CONNOR’S header midway through the second half was enough to give Bray Wanderers their first away league victory over UCD in a decade after a closely-contested Premier Division encounter at the Belfield Bowl last night.

UNIVERSITY College Cork will contest their first ever national senior final after coming from behind to see off Clontarf 2-1 in a fraught Irish Hockey Trophy semi-final at the Mardyke on Saturday.

UCD open their Airtricity League campaign with a trip to Hunky Dorys Park to face Drogheda United (kick-off 7.45pm).

BILLY CLERY is hoping to make it third time lucky and bridge a 12 years gap when his NUIG side take on UCC in today’s Irish Universities Collingwood Cup final at College Park (2.30).

Kilkenny and Offaly claimed victories in the Walsh Cup and Shield semi-finals respectively this morning.

CORK HARLEQUINS reprised their women’s ESB Irish Senior Cup glory days with a shock 1-0 victory at Ards, which leaves them flying the flag for Munster in the quarter-finals.

Reigning champions DCU crashed out of the O'Byrne Cup this afternoon, as Kieran McGeeney's Kildare side marched into the semi-finals of the early season competition.

LEINSTER urgently need to find suitable training grounds in the short build-up to the hugely important Magners League clash with Ulster at Ravenhill on Monday (4pm).

PAUL DOOLIN says that he is keen to put the turmoil of his Cork City experience behind him as he takes up his new role as Republic of Ireland U23 manager.

AIB LEAGUE DIVISION 1A RESULTS:

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IRISH international captain Eimear Cregan made a goalscoring return to the colours of Cork Harlequins as they moved into pole position to close on a 14th consecutive women’s Munster Senior League title with a 3-2 win over Cork C of I at Garryduff on Saturday.