NUI Galway 1 NUI Maynooth 2

AS comfortable a win as was expected brought a difficult week to a satisfactory end for Shamrock Rovers as the champions maintained their three point lead at the top of the table in inflicting a 12th league defeat in succession on bottom side Galway.

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).

CORK CITY won their third FAI Umbro Youth Cup in dramatic circumstances at Turner’s Cross yesterday, Robert Waters’ 94th minute penalty breaking the hearts of a very unlucky Salthill Devon.