UCD comeback earns draw

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Ronan Finn hit his first league goal to salvage a point for UCD as they came from 2-0 down to add further misery to Rovers’ week.

Rovers showed no initial signs of their upheaval of the last few days to run up a 2-0 lead inside 22 minutes. Cathal O’Connor got both, his first coming on 13 minutes when he cut in from the right to drill a shot past Darren Quigley.

O’Connor struck again within nine minutes when another low drive hit a post but went into the net off keeper Quigley In a lively game, UCD hit back on 36 minutes when Patrick McWalter looped a header over Barry Murphy. Finn then struck three minutes from time to snatch a point.