Round-up: Tuesday's Electric Ireland Sigerson Cup action

Electric Ireland Sigerson Cup Roundup

ROUND 2A

UCD 3-16 (3-2-12) MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY 2-14 (2-2-10)

TU DUBLIN 3-21 (3-0-21) MTU KERRY 2-10 (2-1-8)

DCU DÓCHAS ÉIREANN 0-12 (0-2-8) UL 1-18 (1-2-14)

ROUND 2B

TUS MIDLANDS 1-10 (1-1-8) DKIT 3-16 (3-1-14)

UCD had to strike late to secure their place in the quarter-final of the 2026 Electric Ireland Sigerson Cup, with Sam Callinan’s goal after 55 minutes and a two-pointer from Michael McIvor pushing them over the line in Belfield against Maynooth University.

James Harris goaled for Maynooth after seven minutes but UCD caught fire in spectacular fashion in reply, plundering 2-3 in the space of just three minutes. Joe Quigley and Darragh Railly hit the goals in between points for Peter Duffy, Luke Breathnach and Quigley, but in a game that swung over and back to really entertain the crowd in south Dublin, a Charlie O’Connor two-pointer and Eoin Cully gave the lead back to Maynooth almost as quickly.

Two up at the interval, Aaron Browne split the posts from inside and outside the arc to stretch that gap to five but UCD outscored their visitors by 1-10 to 0-3 from then on, Quigley adding two more points from play with Mayo’s Niall Hurley also on song, scoring 0-4.

UL are also straight into the last eight while reigning champions DCU couldn’t find the form that saw them cruise past Ulster University in what looked like a real heavyweight first round contest.

It looked like more of the same for the home side who hit the first four points of the game, two of them from Westmeath’s Senan Baker.

UL were excellent for the remainder of the first half however, prevailing by 1-11 to 0-2 to lead by eight at the break.

Cian McHale has really caught the eye and both he and Conal Dawson sent up a flare for Mayo manager Andy Moran, hitting 0-5 each. Brian McNamara’s goal five minutes before half-time put David Power’s side into the driving seat and aside from a fine two-point kick from Ethan Dunne, Irwin, McHale and another Mayo panellist, Seán Morahan of Ballina, continued to run the show and keep DCU at bay with relative ease.

TU Dublin had ten different scorers, five of them chipping in with at least four points, and they scored 3-19 out of their tally of 3-21 from open play in what was a scintillating display of attacking football against an MTU Kerry side packed full of promising underage players from the Kingdom.

One of those, Paudie O’Leary, got the visitors to Grangegorman out to a flying start with an early goal but the 2025 semi-finalists brushed off that setback to lead by 3-9 to 1-8 at the interval, their goals coming from Jordan Morris, Conor Fee and Seán Hanafin of Meath, Wicklow and Kildare respectively.

TUD put the game to bed after half-time with 0-7 on the spin and while MTU continued to show speed and skill up front, O’Leary adding a second goal, the relentless pressure exerted by MTU Kerry took a toll on the scoreboard.

In Athlone, Trench Cup holders DKIT recorded a victory over TUS Midlands, a result that means TUS will drop back down to the second tier competition in 2027 after three years up with the leading football colleges.

Eamon McEneaney’s charges were comfortably the better team throughout with Stephen Mooney pulling the strings up front while the Armagh duo of Jason Duffy and Aaron O’Neill were influential around the middle.

Craig Callanan finished off a slick team move to help make it 1-10 to 0-5 at half-time but despite struggling to win primary possession, TUS Midlands missed a plethora of chances and their wastefulness continued to be their undoing after half-time. In the first 30 minutes they hit six wides and dropped two shots short, in the second they put three clear cut goal chances wide of the post with Declan Kenny also drawing a fine save from Kian Mulligan on a fourth.

Kenny did find the net late on for TUS but DKIT were in control, having added goals of their own through a Mulligan 45 and a late tap in for O’Neill.