Talented UCC book quarter-final spot

UCC 3-15 Cork IT 0-12: Last year’s runners-up UCC secured their place in the Ashbourne Cup quarter-final following victory over Cork IT at the host’s grounds last evening. Two wins out of two now for the UCC girls and if they can get the better of DCU in their final Group One game in Dublin, a spot in the semi-final awaits.

Winning manager Dr Wesley O’Brien, who has former Cork hurler Niall McCarthy among his backroom team, said the main ambition is to get to the Cup weekend.

“We have a strong panel. We have 25 senior inter- county players in our panel of 30. We have invested a lot of time in fitness, we have done 12 weeks consistently and I think it showed tonight. Their work ethic has been incredible” Cork IT are the Purcell Cup victors of 2016. And while this competition is a step up, their second-half performance must be commended, as they fought all the way to the full whistle.