UL lucky to survive as St Pat’s run out of steam

St Patrick’s, Drumcondra 0-15 University of Limerick 0-19

Everything seemed to be going according to plan for the favourites, who with wind assistance, enjoyed a five-points cushion at the break. That was down mainly to the dead eye accuracy of Offaly senior Brian Carroll who finished the day with 0-11 eight from placed balls.

They seemed certainties to advance when the conditions calmed and, with 20 minutes to play, St Pat's had only managed to chisel away a single point of the deficit.