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Limerick students stand firm to repel WIT’s determined comeback

Limerick IT 5-14 Waterford IT 3-13: A five-star Limerick Institute of Technology resisted a second-half comeback from hosts Waterford Institute of Technology last night to book a home quarter-final against UCD next week.

Limerick students stand firm to repel WIT’s determined comeback

Wed, 08 Feb, 2017 - 00:00

Tomás McCarthy

Davy Fitzgerald’s team had a seven-point lead with 40 minutes on the stopwatch, courtesy of first-half strikes by David Dempsey, Peter Duggan and Shane Bennett.

WIT dug in during the third quarter, however, and two goals in three minutes through Mark Fanning (penalty) and Austin Gleeson (free) reduced the arrears to the bare minimum.

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Gaa Hurling Fitzgibbon Cup Place: Tipperary Person: Davy Fitzgerald Person: David Dempsey Person: Peter Duggan Person: Shane Bennett Person: Mark Fanning Person: Austin Gleeson Person: Paul Killeen Person: Jason McCarthy Person: Jamie Shanahan Person: Duggan Person: Killeen Person: Diarmuid Byrnes Person: Joe O’Dwyer Person: David Reidy Person: Liam McGrath Person: Joe O’Connor Person: Reidy Person: Dempsey Person: McGrath Person: Shane McNulty Person: Johnny Ryan Person: Barry O’Connell Person: Sean Ryan Person: O’Connell Person: Fanning Person: Ray O’Brien Person: McCarthy Person: Byrnes Person: Shane Murphy Person: J McCarthy Person: S Bennett Person: D Dempsey Person: P Person: D Byrnes Person: B O’Connell Person: W Ryan Person: S Ryan Person: D Reidy Person: L McGrath Person: A Gleeson Person: M Fanning Person: S Murphy Person: S McNulty Person: J O’Connor Person: J O’Dwyer Person: E Quilligan Person: C Nolan Person: K Bennett Person: C Cooney Person: O O’Brien Person: J Shanahan Person: P Duggan Person: P Killeen Person: W Connors Person: J Ryan Person: Cooney Person: B O’Meara Person: Bennett Person: W Hahessy Person: S O’Donohue Person: T Fox Person: J Henderson Person: C Lyons Person: C O’Brien Person: A Joyce Person: P Walsh Person: JP Tracey Person: K Blanchfield Person: Joyce Person: C Nevin Person: O’Brien Organisation: Limerick Organisation: WIT Organisation: Waterford Organisation: Limerick Institute of Technology Organisation: Waterford Institute of Technology Organisation: UCD Organisation: Clare Organisation: LIT Organisation: Tipperary Organisation: Galway Organisation: Wexford Organisation: Kilkenny Organisation: Cork Organisation: Offaly Organisation: Hahessy

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