Nick's undone by late surge
At the final whistle in Páirc Uí Rinn, UCC had two points to spare over St Nicholas and their victory in this fourth round clash was merited. They had to withstand a late St Nicholas assault before the relief of success was assured. Robert Brosnan, who excelled in the scoring stakes once more for St Nicholas, blasted a stinging drive towards goal with his side trailing by three points but the ball travelled just over the crossbar.
That cut the gap for St Nicholas, yet their hopes of staging a comeback in injury-time were short-lived as the final whistle blew soon afterwards. They had legitimate complaints that there was not sufficient injury-time played, but UCC played the smarter football and summoned the key scores when required.
