DCU advanced to the final of the Fitzgibbon Cup with a 1-20 to 1-16 win over UCC on Tuesday evening. Players from Offaly, Kilkenny, Dublin, Wexford, Kildare, Laois and Carlow were to the fore for DCU while players from Limerick, Waterford, Tipperary and Cork filled the positions for UCC. See teams and scorers below picture.
DCU scorers: Denis Walsh 0-6 (0-5f, 0-1 65), Donal Shirley 1-2, Joe Flanagan 0-5, Cian Boran 0-2, Paddy Langton 0-1, Sean Gallagher 0-1, Sam Bourke 0-1, Billy Reid 0-1, Darragh Carley 0-1.
UCC scorers: Fionn Coleman 1-1, Darragh Flynn 0-4 (0-2f), Ethan Twomey 0-3, William Buckley 0-3, Darragh Stakelum 0-1, Michael Mullaney 0-1, Brian Keating 0-1, Peter McGarry 0-1, Luke Elliott 0-1.
DCU: Cian Byrne (Wexford); Ivan Bolger (Kilkenny), Paddy Langton (Kilkenny), Padraig Lennon (Kilkenny); Sam Bourke (Offaly), Padraic Moylan (Kilkenny), Billy Reid (Kilkenny); Donal Shirley (Offaly), Colin Spain (Offaly); Sean Gallagher (Dublin), Denis Walsh (Kilkenny), Darragh Carley (Wexford); Cian Boran (Kildare), Joe Flanagan (Dublin), Peter Clarke (Westmeath).
Subs: Cillian Dunne (Laois) for Walsh (55), Conoe Kehoe (Carlow) for Gallagher (55), James Carroll (Kilkenny) for Clarke (62).
UCC (Cork unless stated): Paudie O'Sullivan; Tommy Wilk, Sean Daly, Ciaran Doolan; Michael Mullaney (Waterford), Eoin Downey, James Dwyer; Brian Keating, Darragh Stakelum (Tipperary); Ethan Twomey, Eddie Stokes (Limerick), Darragh Flynn; William Buckley, Fionn Coleman, Cathal McCarthy
Subs: Peter McGarry (Tipperary) for Wilk (h/t), Daniel Hogan for Keating (43), Luke Elliott for Dwyer (45), Eoin O'Leary for Stakelum (53).
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