GMIT run out easy winners

GMIT 0-11 UL 0-5: UL FAILED to score from play and could manage only a single second-half point as GMIT had a deserved win in…

GMIT 0-11 UL 0-5:UL FAILED to score from play and could manage only a single second-half point as GMIT had a deserved win in yesterday's Sigerson Cup quarter-final at the Limerick Gaelic Grounds.

A total of 25 wides - 10 of them by UL - and several yellow cards made it a stop-go affair. Playing against the breeze in the first half, GMIT took full advantage. They led 0-6 to 0-4 at the interval despite UL grabbing the opening point from a 45 by David Moran, whose father Ogie won eight All-Ireland medals with Kerry.

Once GMIT went in front 12 minutes before the interval they were never headed. But it was only when they led by a four-point margin that they picked off their best scores; well taken points by substitute Aidan Campbell and the outstanding Paul Conroy, who was the pick up front with two points from play and two from frees.

Moran tried hard for UL and was unlucky to hit a post late on, but overall it was a poor display from them, and their only player to hit form was Enda Varley.

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GMIT: R Cullen; D Vaughan, S Walsh, R McTiernan; S Ryder, T Cunniffe, N Darby; J Kilcullen, K Conroy (0-1); J Hayes (0-1), P McGinley, P Conroy (0-4, two frees); S Griffin (0-2), E Concannon, M Conroy (0-2). Subs: M Martin for McGinley (45 mins); A Campbell (0-1) for Concannon (47 mins)T Hughes for Kilcullen (59 mins); C Garvey for Hayes (59 mins).

UL: D Dineen; C O'Mahoney, S Twomey, K Harrington; S Lonergan, M Moloney, G Sunderland; D Moran (0-1, 45), G Brennan; F Lynch (0-1, free), C Keane, D Geaney; E Varley (0-3, three frees), A O'Sullivan, P Byrne. Subs: S O'Shea for Brennan (20 mins); D Bracken for Geaney (45 mins); C McGowan for Byrne (45 mins).

Referee: M McGann (Clare).