Sigerson Cup/DCU 2-13 UL 0-04:Dublin star Bernard Brogan ensured DCU kept one hand on their Sigerson Cup trophy with a scoring burst of 1-5 against an out-of-touch UL at the UL campus yesterday.
It was Mayo's Conor Mortimer who set the tone for a one-sided victory with a brace of points inside the opening four minutes, and, with Owen Lennon and Ross McDonnell in commanding form, the holders raced to a 0-11 to 0-1 interval advantage. Alan O'Sullivan kicked the lone UL point at the whistle.
Mortimer took up from where he had started by increasing DCU's advantage, but when Frank Lynch replied with a hat-trick of points, it was thought UL were ready to mount a challenge.
However, they failed to score again. Brogan finished to the net in 40 minutes to make it 1-11 to 0-4, and substitute Cian Hanratty claimed their second goal two minutes from the finish.
It was a fine team performance from the winners.
DCU:M Savage; R O'Reilly, K O'Reilly, N Cooper; P Casey, B Egan, T Diamond; O Lennon, R McConnell (0-1); S Smyth, P Kealon (0-1), R Cullivan (0-1); B Brogan (1-5), C Mortimer (0-3), S Johnson (0-2). Sub: C Hanratty (1-0) for Brogan
UL:Dineen; K Harrington, S McGearailt, C O'Mahony; M Moloney, A O'Shea, O Kearns; A O'Sullivan (0-1), F Lynch (0-3); F Coffey, C Keane, D Moran; C McGowan, C Dillon, J Buckley.
Referee:M McGann (Clare).
Round Two (By Feb 14th)
UCD v St Mary's; DCU v UUJ; IT Sligo v DIT; Dundalk IT/GMIT (today, Dundalk, 2pm) v NUI Maynooth; Cork IT v Waterford IT; Athlone IT v NUI Galway; Garda College v UCC.
QUB enter at quarter-final stage.
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