Old Crescent overwhelm depleted UCC

UCC 12 Old Crescent 43: This long-awaited Bank of Ireland Munster Senior Cup quarter-final ended in emphatic triumph for Old Crescent at the Mardyke on Saturday, with the recently crowned Ulster Bank Division 2C champions romping to victory against an understrength College team.

With a promotion battle from Division 2A on their minds, the loss of nine players to Irish Students and U20 teams contributing to their problems, UCC never really had a chance against a Limerick outfit that dominated the forward exchanges and deservedly advanced to a semi-final clash with Young Munster, on a date to be arranged.

Victorious coach Eugene McGovern was delighted with the outcome: “We were coming up against an AIL side two divisions above us. The game has been on-off for a number of weeks and at the end of the day it was 15 against 15.