Corofin at heart of club v college conundrum

UCD and NUI Galway are unlikely to field their Corofin players in Tuesday’s Sigerson Cup semi-finals.

Whoever wins through to the final is not expected to be able to call on half-backs Liam Silke (UCD) and Kieran Molloy (NUIG) from the Connacht club champions as the Sigerson decider takes place on the same afternoon (3.30pm) in Santry as Corofin’s All-Ireland semi-final against Moorefield in Tullamore (2pm) tomorrow week.

Silke came on as a second-half substitute for last year’s runners-up UCD in the quarter-final against DCU, earlier this week, in what was his first appearance in the competition, while Molloy has been impressive in NUIG’s surprise run to the semi-final stages.