Classy NUIG survive spirited fightback by UCC
The bad news for NUIG is that the classy Des Dolan is out of the rest of the competition, after suffering a hamstring injury in the opening 15 minutes of this quarter-final clash, a period in which NUIG did the real damage, leaving UCC to play catch up for the rest of the contest.
The classy NUIG full-forward line were full of menace early on and there was just no holding the silken skills of Michael Meehan, Colm McFadden and Dolan, who were giving the UCC full-backline a torrid time. After just 20 seconds there was an indication of what was to come when UCC goalkeeper Cian Kelleher had to make one of his many terrific saves to keep Matt Clancy out. But once Dolan pointed NUIG ahead with a free, McFadden was then in quickly for a second minute goal after Rory Donnelly’s shot had been parried by Kelleher.
