UNIVERSITY of Limerick survived a late scare from home side St Patrick's Drumcondra to book a Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-final meeting with UCD.
Having led from the second minute, UL were pegged back on level terms by a determined St Pat's outfit at 0-15 each with four minutes remaining.
However, late points from Alan Egan, two from Brian Carroll and another from John Green won it for UL.
SCORERS - UL: B Carroll 0-11 (10f), A Egan 0-4, T Stapleton 0-2, P Donnellan, J Green 0-1 each. St Patrick's: R Power 0-5 (3f),
E O'Donoghue 0-4 (3f), D Herity 0-2, M Walsh, P Hogan, G Arthur, D O'Neill 0-1 each.
ST PATRICK'S - D O'Brien; D Kelleher, M Heffernan, J Robinson; E Bolger, P Hogan, B Dillon; D Herity, F Lyons; M Walsh, M Doyle,
R Power; G Arthur, C Doyle, E O'Donoghue. Sub: D O'Neill for Doyle 24 mins.
UL - T Flynn; A Murphy, P Dowling, T Giltenane; R Hayes, B Bulger, B Coleman; T Stapleton, P Donnellan; T Healy, J Green, N Kenny;
G Ryan, B Carroll, A Egan. Subs: N O Murchu for Stapleton 50 mins, S Ryan for Healy 57 mins.
REF - A Mac Suibhne (Dublin).
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