Horgan pounces to make a point

Dublin IT 1-14 Cork IT 1 -14

PATRICK HORGAN produced an injury-time equaliser to secure a point for Cork IT in a thrilling Fitzgibbon Cup clash at Mobhi Road, Dublin, yesterday.

Horgan’s long-range free two minutes into injury-time snatched a draw for CIT but they were bitterly disappointed with a second-half display that saw them throw away a 1-12 to 0-6 half-time advantage. DIT may have appeared dead and buried at that stage but they restricted CIT to just two scores in the second half – although the Cork side seemed destined for victory when Lorcan McLoughlan’s point with two minutes left put them four points up.

The Dublin side produced a blistering finish to turn that deficit around. After Peter Kelly pointed, DIT levelled through Harry Keogh’s goal with a minute left before Paul Ryan put them ahead through a free. It was fitting that Horgan would be the CIT hero as he had been the dominant force in the first half. He struck a 13th-minute goal and was denied from two further goal attempts.

The two teams remain bottom of Group B with a point each from two games. CIT meet NUIG with DIT facing UCD next week.

DIT: F McGarry; E Costello, T Brady, P Lynch; M Maloney (0-3, 2f), J Walsh, P Phelan; F Cullen, P Hartley; R Butler, W O’Dwyer (0-2), J Clarke; P Ryan (0-6, 3f), D O’Dwyer, H Keogh (1-1). Subs: D Treacy (0-1) for Clarke 37 mins; P Kelly (0-1) for W O’Dwyer 51; D Molloy for D O’Dwyer 53.

CIT: J Condon; C Murphy, E Dillon, J O’Callaghan; L Desmond (0-1), R Cashman, S White; B Lawton (0-1), S McDonnell; P Gould (0-1), B Corry (0-1), A Mannix; P Horgan (1-7, 2 65s, 3f), C Cusack, T Murphy (0-2). Subs: L McLoughlan (0-1) for Cusack 36; E Clancy for White 58.

Referee: A Lagrue (Kildare).