Ruthless UL benefit from forward thinking

A POWERFUL and consummate display propelled UL past the challenge of Cork IT in yesterday’s Ulster Bank Fitzgibbon Cup semi-final in the Clan na nGael Fontenoy club in Ringsend.

The Limerick college were awesome at times, their physical strength, aerial abilities and sublime marksmanship to the fore from the word go. It was the type of display that could lead some to anoint them as champions but the problem for UL is that there remains one more obstacle to surmount, in the shape of UCC in today’s decider.

Peaking in semi-finals is rendered irrelevant if followed by a subsequent faltering at the final hurdle, and coach Ger Cunningham was at pains after this game to stress that.