UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK put six past University of Ulster Coleraine on the opening morning of the 2015 Collingwood Cup.
Shane Harrington and Oisin McMenamin scored a goal apiece and Conor Maguire bagged a first-half double as UL raced into a 4-0 lead at the Dangan Pavilion.
Jordan Dane got one back for UUC after the break before late goals from Brian Donovan and Garbhan Coughlan completed a rout for the Limerick men.
They face Trinity College in Tuesday’s quarter-finals after the Dublin side beat the Royal College of Surgeons 2-0 thanks to goals from Darren O’Donoghue and John McDonagh.
There was an upset in the afternoon game as Queen’s University Belfast beat Mary Immaculate 2-0 to set up a last eight clash with UCD.
Holders Maynooth University open their defence tomorrow against UCC, while DCU take on NUI Galway.
Collingwood Cup 2015
Results
- UL 6-1 UUC
- RSCI 0-2 TCD
- Mary I 0-2 QUB
Quarter-finals
- UL v TCD (Tuesday 11am)
- UCD v QUB (Tuesday 2.30pm)
- Maynooth University v UCC (Tuesday 11am)
- DCU v NUI Galway (Tuesday 2.30pm)
Go UL. I played in the Collingwood when we were NIHE, back when dinosaurs walked the earth.