UCC captain Paul Geaney with the Sigerson Cup earlier this year Presseye / Russell Pritchard/INPHO Presseye / Russell Pritchard/INPHO / Russell Pritchard/INPHO

REIGNING CHAMPIONS UCC will take on Cork IT in the first round of the 2015 Sigerson Cup while this year’s beaten finalists Jordanstown will take on DCU in a first round glamour clash.

This year’s beaten semi-finalists NUI Maynooth will travel to take on UL while UCD will meet either Athlone IT or Trinity College.

In the Fitzgibbon Cup, reigning champions Waterford IT are in a group with recently crowned league champions IT Carlow, NUI Maynooth and 2013 finalists Mary Immaculate College.

Last year’s finalists Cork IT are in a group with UCD, DCU and St Pat’s.

Waterford IT captain Eoin Murphy celebrates after their Fitzgibbon Cup win. Presseye / Declan Roughan/INPHO Presseye / Declan Roughan/INPHO / Declan Roughan/INPHO

The full draw for next year’s premier third-level competitions is as follows:

Sigerson Cup 2015

Preliminary Round

• NUI Galway v IT Blanchardstown
• Athlone IT v Trinity College

First Round

• UCC v Cork IT
• IT Sligo v Queen’s University
• UL v NUI Maynooth
• IT Carlow v IT Tralee
• UCD v Athlone IT/Trinity College
• Dublin IT v GMIT
• St Mary’s v NUI Galway/IT Blanchardstown
• Jordanstown v DCU

2015 Fitzgibbon Cup

• Group 1: DCU, Cork IT, UCD, St Pat’s
• Group 2: UCC, GMIT, NUI Galway, UL
• Group 3: IT Carlow, Waterford IT, NUI Maynooth, Mary Immaculate Limerick
• Group 4: Limerick IT, Jordanstown, Dublin IT

- For information on the other competition draws, see @HigherEdGAA

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