THE DRAWS WERE made this afternoon in Croke Park for the 2024 Fitzgibbon and Sigerson Cup competitions.

In hurling, the Fitzgibbon Cup champions of the last two seasons, University of Limerick, have been pitted in a group with ATU Galway and TUS MidWest.

University of Galway, who have lost the last two finals, will play SETU Carlow and UCD in their group matches.

In football, the reigning Sigerson Cup winners are UCC and they have been handed an opening round game against Ulster University. 

University of Limerick, the beaten finalists for the past two campaigns, will go up against ATU Donegal in their opener.

This year’s finals will be hosted by MTU Kerry from 13-18 February.

Here are the draws in full:

Fitzgibbon Cup

(Group games on 17-18 January, 24-25 January, 31 January-1 February)

• Group A – MIC Limerick; Maynooth University; UCC.

• Group B – University of Limerick; ATU Galway; TUS MidWest.

• Group C – SETU Waterford; DCU DE; MTU Cork.

• Group D – University of Galway; SETU Carlow; UCD.

* Quarter-finals (7-8 February), Semi-finals (Week commence 12 February), Final (17 February).

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Sigerson Cup 

Round 1 – (Games 9-10 January, first named team has home advantage, neutral venues for games where teams are over 300km apart)

• Queens University Belfast v DCU DÉ
• SETU Carlow v TUS Midlands
• Ulster University v UCC
• ATU Galway v UCD
• Maynooth University v MTU Cork
• University of Limerick v ATU Donegal
• University of Galway v TU Dublin
• ATU Sligo v St Mary’s

* Round 2 (16-17 January), Round 3 (23-24 January), Quarter-finals (30-31 January), Semi-finals (6-7 February), Final (14 February)