Slevin the UCC hero as UL’s wait goes on

LATE goals from Simon Falvey and Rob Slevin gave UCC a 14th Irish Universities Collingwood Cup in a dramatic 2-1 extra-time win over University of Limerick in a closelycontested final at the Markets Field.

Alan Murphy had given Limerick the lead on 37 minutes and the hosts looked like finally gaining a longawaited first Collingwood Cup success with time running out.

But with four minutes of normal time remaining always-resilient UCC finally got back on terms when Falvey beat UL ’keeper Seán McCormack from close range to ensure extra-time.

UCC struck again two minutes after the restart, skipper Slevin heading in the winner from Garan Manley’s corner.