LIT need to put shackles on Reid if WIT are to be stopped

WATERFORD IT need just a point from today’s second round clash with champions Limerick IT to be sure of reaching the knockout stages of the Fitzgibbon Cup.

Defeat for LIT would mean they have to beat their neighbours from the local university in round three to stay in the title race. That would not be easy.

WIT were hugely impressive in beating UL last week and with home advantage, are unlikely to slip up. Kilkenny senior TJ Reid was their main scorer with seven points and LIT will have to put the shackles on him if they are to survive. Apart from Reid, WIT will also include Cork’s Fintan O’Leary and Waterford seniors Kevin Moran and Shane Fives. They should get at least the one point that would put then into the knockout stages.