07 February 2009

Hosts University of Limerick and UU Jordanstown will contest the Harding Cup Final in UL on Sunday. DCU and Queens will contest the Plate Final.

Harding Cup Results

Plate Play Offs

Mary Immaculate College 0 vs Dublin City University 3 view match report

University College Dublin 1 vs Dublin City University 1 view match report

University College Dublin 1 vs Mary Immaculate College 0 view match report

Semi Finals

University of Limerick 3 vs NUI Galway 1 (aet) view match report

Trinity College Dublin 0 vs Ulster University Jordanstown 4 view match report

Plate Semi Finals

Queens University Belfast 5 vs University College Cork 3 view match report

Quarter Finals

University College Cork 0 (4 pens) vs NUI Galway 0 (aet) (5pens) view match report

Trinity College Dublin 7 vs Queens University Belfast 0 view match report

University of Limerick 2 vs Dublin City University 0 view match report

Mary Immaculate College 0 vs Ulster University Jordanstown 2 (aet) view match report

Round One

University College Dublin 0 vs NUI Galway 1 view match report

Harding Cup Kicks Off in Limerick

The first game of the Harding Cup took place in the University of Limerick today. UCD took on NUIG in the Preliminary Round with the winners to advance to the Quarter Finals. Despite the cold conditions the game was played at a very high tempo throughout. UCD looked very good from the beginning and things looked ominous for the Galway lads. However they quickly settled and their superior size and strength started to get them back into the game. At half time both teams went in level and it was a very hard game to call. UCD again came flying out of the traps in the second half but just could not overpower the NUIG team. With 20 minutes to go a deflected cross fell to Ger Chivers of NUIG who calmly finished on the half volley. Some resolute defending from the Galway lads means that they advance to meet UCC in the Quarter Finals tomorrow at the University of Limerick.

Fixtures tomorrow are as follows:

UL v DCU 11am

Mary I v UUJ 11am

TCD v QUB 2.30pm

UCC v NUIG 2.30pm