Manager pays tribute to squad after Irish Examiner O’Connell Cup victory

UL manager DJ Collins paid tribute to his squad’s strength in depth as they made it back-to-back titles in the Irish Examiner O’Connor Cup at Cork IT on Saturday.

The champions enjoyed a 3-16 to 0-9 win over DCU in the final. Collins admitted that he hadn’t expected such a large margin of victory, but he did point to the fact that his side had had an 18-point semi-final win over NUI Galway while DCU had a tougher game against UCC.

“We were expecting DCU to come at us hammer and tongs but I know they had a tougher semi-final against UCC, that probably came against them in the end,” he said.