Patrick McBrearty inspires 14-man UUJ to victory over Garda College

UUJ 2-14 Garda College 0-11: Donegal’s Patrick McBrearty scored 1-4 in the opening 10 minutes to make life comfortable for 2016 Sigerson Cup hosts Jordanstown against Garda College yesterday.

The home side lost rising Tyrone star Rory Brennan to a straight red card after 24 minutes for striking Philip Smith, but were leading 1-5 to 0-5 thanks to McBrearty’s whirlwind start.

Ryan McHugh and McBrearty kicked early frees and then combined for the latter to shoot low across the goalkeeper and find the far corner in the sixth minute for the first goal.