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Colm Basquel (file photo). Ryan Byrne/INPHO

Basquel-inspired TU Dublin beat UL to reach Sigerson Cup semi-final, UCD power on

UCD advanced after a 26-point win over MTU Kerry.

LAST UPDATE | 28 Jan

Sigerson Cup quarter-final results

  • TU Dublin 2-15 University of Limerick 2-11
  • UCD 5-18 MTU Kerry 1-4

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BEATEN BY THE eventual champions in each of the last two seasons, perhaps this is to be TU Dublinโ€™s season to finally win the Sigerson Cup.

A squad brimming with inter-county talent, led in attack by Dublin All-Star Colm Basquel, certainly look like a side on a mission this year.

Second-half goals from Monaghanโ€™s Sean Jones and Dubliner Jack Lundy, and a strong performance from Basquel who helped set up the crucial second goal, proved decisive.

It was TU Dublinโ€™s third win in-a-row with all of those coming on their home pitch of Grangegorman and while UL had their moments, Declan Brouderโ€™s side were mostly chasing the game.

Meathโ€™s Jordan Morris, fresh from National League activity against Cork last weekend, impressed too with three points for a TU Dublin side that have joined UCD in the competitionโ€™s last four.

Itโ€™s a step further than TU Dublin got in 2024 when eventual winners Ulster University beat them while 2023 champions UCC beat them at the semi-final stage that season.

As for UL, itโ€™s the end of the line for the 2022 and 2023 finalists who never really got it going save for a mini-blitz during the first-half when they responded to a slow start with 1-3 on the bounce.

jordan-morris Jordan Morris (file photo). James Lawlor / INPHO James Lawlor / INPHO / INPHO

And yet UL would have felt they were in a strong position at half time having initially negotiated the strong wind which largely favoured TU Dublin.

The home team were just a point ahead at the break, 0-9 to 1-5, despite starting strongly with five of the gameโ€™s first six points.

UL then hit that purple patch, reeling off 1-3 without response between the 17th and 25th minutes, to briefly take a two-point lead.

Sean McDonnell, who made his NFL debut for Cork last weekend, hit 1-1 during that surge of UL scoring but three TU Dublin points in-a-row to finish the half, from Morris, Jones and Basquel, put them in pole position and they largely remained there.

Jones struck TU Dublinโ€™s first goal five minutes after the restart and Basquel did brilliantly to create their second, taking off on a searing run down the left and playing the ball across for Jones who was fouled for a penalty that Lundy converted.

Leading 2-13 to 1-9, TU Dublin looked home and hosed but 1-1 in quick response from UL, including a second goal from Mallow man McDonnell, kept the hosts honest until the end.

john-divilly UCD manager John Divilly (file photo). Morgan Treacy / INPHO Morgan Treacy / INPHO / INPHO

UCD had it far easier this afternoon at Belfield where Cormac Egan and rising Leitrim star Paul Honeyman both netted twice in their five-goal drubbing of MTU Kerry.

Tullamore man Eganโ€™s first goal helped last seasonโ€™s finalists to lead by 1-9 to 0-4 at the interval and they piled on the pressure in the second-half with Ben Oโ€™Carroll also netting.

Honeyman only came on in the 45th minute but still managed to hit the net twice while Oโ€™Carroll finished with 1-3 and there were impressive cameos from Westmeathโ€™s Ronan Oโ€™Toole, Meathโ€™s Diarmuid Moriarty and Dubliner Luke Breathnach.

TU Dublin scorers: S Jones 1-3; J Lundy 1-1 (1-0 pen); J Morris 0-3; D McCartan, C Basquel (1 45), J Prendergast 0-2 each; C Fee, S Hanafin 0-1 each.

University of Limerick scorers: S McDonnell 2-1; C McHale 0-3 (2 frees); C Oโ€™Grady 0-2; C Dawson, F Irwin, J Fallon, P Oโ€™Driscoll, D Walsh 0-1 each.

TU Dublin: J Rodgers (Kildare); C Reilly (Cavan), M Nolan (Wicklow), N Carolan (Cavan); D Fee (Wicklow), C McKeogh (Cavan), J Prendergast (Wicklow); C McBride (Meath), S Hanifin (Kildare); C Basquel (Dublin), J Lundy (Dublin), D McCartan (Westmeath); J Morris (Cavan), C Fee (Wicklow), S Jones (Monaghan).

Subs: S Reynolds (Louth) for D Fee (45); D Rooney (Dublin) for C Fee (47); O Brooks (Dublin) for McCartan (56); D Lovett (Cavan) for Lundy (61).

University of Limerick: B Hogan (Meath); P Oโ€™Driscoll (Cork), B McNamara (Clare), F Kelly (Mayo); E Clifford (Kerry), D Cashman (Cork), D Walsh (Clare); T Oโ€™Donnell (Kerry), D Oโ€™Hagan (Limerick); C Dawson (Mayo), F Irwin (Mayo), D Heneghan (Roscommon); C McHale (Mayo), S McDonnell (Cork), C Oโ€™Grady (Kerry).

Subs: P White (Kerry) for Dawson (45); J Fallon (Mayo) for Oโ€™Donnell & C Ryan (Kerry) for Oโ€™Hagan (48); J McCabe (Galway) for Clifford (55); C Oโ€™Sullivan for Heneghan (63).

Ref: A Coyne (Westmeath).

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    Jan 28th 2025, 8:24 PM

    Good win for TU Dublin vs UL. UCD look very strong

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    Jan 28th 2025, 9:11 PM

    Could it be another dublin team in the final

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    Mute Joe Kennedy
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    Jan 28th 2025, 11:54 PM

    @Alan Moloney: yeโ€™ve enough won for this year now Al.

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