The School, College & University Competitions Thread (another thread gone west)

Have to say, that was some handy path to the Fitzgibbon Semi-Final for Mary I

3 team groups is a format I hate (always gonna beat Maynooth), and then the weakest 1/4 final team in TUS Limerick. Fair play to them beating UCC in Round Robin but UCC were always gonna go through too anyway.

While I would agree that 3-team groups are fairly shit, thereā€™s no other real choice if they do want to have a round robin stage rather than pure knockout.

And, to be fair, the reason they got the weakest quarter-final team was because of beating UCC and they were rewarded for that. UCC probably would have been considered in the top 2 or 3 strongest at the outset, so if they had lost that, theyā€™d probably be out after losing to UL.

No Ben Cunningham or Iarlaith Daly for UCC.

Rodgers playing at HF and GOC FF early on for UL. Interesting switch, wouldnā€™t have been one Iā€™d generally go for.

I was halfway through reading that :grinning:

UCC working way harder than they did against Mary I.

Both sides defending deep early on, Flynn has missed two frees for UCC.

Brilliant score from Gearoid Oā€™Connor. Fergal Oā€™Connor is a great bit of stuff.

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:joy: you were halfway through reading the incorrect line ups.

I am making the decision to mute the commentary here.

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Is this the same commentator who does the AFCON ?

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The ref is keeping the whistle in his pocket. Fairplay.

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Theyā€™ve switched this back.

Yes, I spotted Daly alright after you saying that he wasnā€™t starting

I was up to 19 on the College lineup

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FOC is some hurler.

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Aido should have stuck that. Did so well to win the 2-on-1.

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Lads this lad is gonna get a heart attack if thereā€™s a few half goal chances tonight

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He is a good one. Aidan Oā€™Connor should have buried that.

Class Adam English point.

I like the enthusiasm but heā€™s getting a fair amount of names wrong.

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If Hayes could finish heā€™d be sensational.

About 3 high balls on top of William Buckley so far