UCD labour to shake off Maynooth

Fitzgibbon Cup - UCD 1-13 Maynooth University 0-10: Nicky English’s frustration was evident in freezing Belfield last night as his UCD charges made heavy weather of their final Group A fixture against Maynooth before advancing to the quarter-finals.

Maynooth had lost by 18 and 20 points to Limerick IT and UCC, respectively, in their previous outings but in the second-half last night, they were within three of UCD. The hosts just needed to avoid defeat, and a whiff of complacency hung in the air as they struggled to see off the pool minnows.

Playing with the breeze in the first half, UCD hit a number of bad wides but they still led at half-time 1-7 to 0-2.