Fitzgibbon Cup replay set for March 11

The Fitzgibbon Cup final replay between University of Limerick and Waterford IT will take place on Wednesday March 11.

The GAA’s Higher Educationcommittee revealed their decision last night but did not give a time or venue for the game.

The drawn game took place at the Gaelic Grounds Limerick but that venue is unavailable on that night due to the meeting of Cork and Limerick in the Munster U21 football championship quarter-final.

The news will come as a relief to WIT manager Colm Bonnar. Bonnar had issued a plea to top-brass after the drawn game to delay the replay until next week.

WIT were forced to play three games in five days last week as the eligibility row involving IT Carlow caused a backlog of fixtures.