Donegal's Paddy McBrearty turned on the style for UUJ in their Sigerson Cup quarter-final. Ryan Byrne / INPHO
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UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER Jordanstown booked their place in the Sigerson Cup semi-finals yesterday — thanks in no small part to the contribution of Paddy McBrearty.
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The Donegal forward chipped in with five points as UUJ defeated St Mary’s by 0-14 to 1-6 in their quarter-final meeting in Belfast.
The highlight was this delightful first-half point from an incredibly difficult angle, as the 2012 Young Footballer of the Year nominee judged the breeze to perfection to split the posts from the sideline.
“Patrick had a fantastic game. Right from the word ‘go’ they were double-teaming him, treble-teaming him, they had four people on him at times,” UUJ manager Barney McAleenan told Jerome Quinn after the game.
“But Patrick, he was taking the ball first time and he was always a threat. He kicked the crucial scores in the second half as well.”
McAleenan added: “The sideline-free was a fantastic score and it was vital at that stage too because we were playing with the wind in the first half and that left us away a wee bit. I think we were five [points] up at half time.”
Pure magic from Paddy McBrearty with this sideline-point from an almost impossible angle
UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER Jordanstown booked their place in the Sigerson Cup semi-finals yesterday — thanks in no small part to the contribution of Paddy McBrearty.
The Donegal forward chipped in with five points as UUJ defeated St Mary’s by 0-14 to 1-6 in their quarter-final meeting in Belfast.
The highlight was this delightful first-half point from an incredibly difficult angle, as the 2012 Young Footballer of the Year nominee judged the breeze to perfection to split the posts from the sideline.
“Patrick had a fantastic game. Right from the word ‘go’ they were double-teaming him, treble-teaming him, they had four people on him at times,” UUJ manager Barney McAleenan told Jerome Quinn after the game.
“But Patrick, he was taking the ball first time and he was always a threat. He kicked the crucial scores in the second half as well.”
McAleenan added: “The sideline-free was a fantastic score and it was vital at that stage too because we were playing with the wind in the first half and that left us away a wee bit. I think we were five [points] up at half time.”
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