Electric Ireland Sigerson Cup round three

Ulster University 0-12 Queen’s University, Belfast 1-14

Queen’s booked their Sigerson Cup quarter final spot with victory over Belfast rivals Ulster University on Wednesday night in Jordanstown.

A stoppage time goal from defender Joey Clarke sealed victory after Anton Tohill put Queen’s ahead for the final time with a two-point free.

Ulster led for the only time, 0-12 to 0-11, with a Ruairi McCullagh free in the 50th minute but chased the game throughout.

Queen’s, last winners of the title in 2007, bounced back after last week’s defeat at the hands of UCC. The winners had a greater spread of scorers, including a score from Bellaghy’s Luke Diamond, with brother Charlie scoring for Ulster in the second half.

Ryan McQuillan kicked Queen’s into the driving seat with two two-point frees but scores from Ruairi McCullagh kept Ulster in touch, trailing 0-8 to 0-5 at the break.

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Charlie Diamond’s two-pointer pulled Barry Dillon’s side back into the game but it was Queen’s who stayed ahead. A Ben Cullen two-pointer levelled the game at 0-11 each before Ulster went ahead.

A free from Ronan Cassidy tied the score before Tohill’s late free put Queen’s on their wait to the last eight.

They will now be in the draw for the quarter-finals on Thursday. It will be seeded with TU Dublin, UCD, UCC and UL already through and kept apart.

ULSTER: R Burns; F O’Brien, L Kelly, R Boyle; B Cullen (0-2tp), R Nugent, J Donaghy; S Carr, G Mohan; J McDermott, R Magill, D McDermott (0-1); C Diamond (0-1tp), C O’Brien (0-1), R McCullagh (0-6, 5f).

Subs: H Magill for Kelly (HT), L Hughes for J McDermott (36), C Daly for Donaghy (42), J Doran for C O’Brien (50)

QUEEN’S: A Lee; J Clarke (1-0), M Ennis, O Campbell; J McGurk, C O’Neill (0-1), D Scullion; C Hynds, A Tohill (0-2tpf); C Higgins (0-2), R Cassidy (0-2f), L Diamond (0-1); N Grimes (0-1), M Burnett, R McQuillan 0-5 (2tpf)

Subs: L McManus for McQuillan (49), N Duffy for L Diamond (63)Referee: S Hurson (Tyrone)