UCC happy to get home run

There was a palpable sense of relief around the Mardyke after UCC booked their berth in the semi-final of the Fitzgibbon Cup, prevailing in a high quality quarter-final encounter against UCD.

As the hosts of this year’s finals weekend, the unspoken fear in the UCC camp beforehand was that they would end up organising an event they were not participating in.

But that prospect was dispelled with a powerful second-half display to stave off the determined challenge of UCD. With local third-level rivals Cork IT having secured their last four spot, the semi-final double-bill in the Mardyke on Friday week has a great chance of enticing a large crowd.