Reigning champions UL book place in Saturday's Fitzgibbon Cup final

UL fell three behind in the second half, but an unanswered scoring burst of 1-5 put Brian Lohan’s side in control.

John McGrath was the star as Fitzgibbon Cup holders UL booked their place in Saturday’s final with victory over UCD at Cork IT.

Trailing by 0-9 to 0-7 at half-time, UL fell three behind upon the resumption but an unanswered scoring burst of 1-5 put Brian Lohan’s side in control, McGrath flicking a Jason Forde 65 to the net to make it 1-9 to 0-10 in the 42nd minute.