Sharper UCD forge four points clear of Harlequins

UCD showed the sharper touches in the key exchanges to forge four points clear of Cork Harlequins with a 2-0 win over their nearest women’s EY Hockey League rivals at Farmer’s Cross.

Quins’ coach Stephen Dale flagged his side’s lack of match practice ahead of the game and it looked to have cost his team dearly in their first competitive game of 2018.

“We were rusty and you could see we hadn’t had a match in a while,” he said. “UCD were by the far the sharper. We had a good start but it would have been an injustice if they didn’t win; they were the better team.”