Cork IT show true grit to hold off dogged St Pat’s

THEY have neither the high profile nor the heavy-hitting personnel of the big guns, but CIT maintained their interest in the Fitzgibbon Cup with a narrow quarter-final win at their impressive Bishopstown complex yesterday.

They were made to earn it, however, as a battling St Pat’s fought back from a very poor start and brought it right down to the wire.

Played in terrible conditions, it was CIT straight into their stride, Kilkenny star Colin Fennelly using his pace to drive in from the corner and smash a low drive past Eoin Reilly, inside the first minute.