'Champions don't die easy, boy' - UCC retain Fitzgibbon Cup title with narrow win over IT Carlow

The reigning champions sure did do it the hard way.

'Champions don't die easy, boy' - UCC retain Fitzgibbon Cup title with narrow win over IT Carlow
Wed, 12 Feb, 2020 - 22:06
Brendan O'Brien

[team1]UCC[/team1][score1]0-18[/score1][team2]IT Carlow[/team2][score2]2-11[/score2][/score]

The roar from somewhere deep inside the mass of bodies and giddiness in the post-match madness said it all.

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