University of Limerick eye Collingwood Cup final berth

THE 105th Collingwood Cup, sponsored by Campion Insurance, gets underway this coming Monday, 16 February, at the University of Limerick (UL), with eight universities set to compete in the oldest surviving all-Ireland association football competition.

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The eight teams who competed this year are University College Dublin, Dublin City University, University College Cork, Queen’s University Belfast, University of Galway, Trinity College Dublin, defending champions Maynooth University, and hosts University of Limerick.

UL earned their place in the final four via a penalty shoot-out win in the quarter-final against UCD. A late call from the match officials saw the game moved from grass to astroturf resulting in a delayed kick-off. 

Limerick midfielder Isaac O'Sullivan gave UL the lead in the 12th minute but the Dublin-based college returned the favour in the 57th minute when Mickey McCullagh was on hand to finish off a well worked team move. 

With the sides level at the end of normal time penalty kicks would decide who would progress and it was the host college who held their nerve. 

UL will face Queens University Belfast who defeated Trinity College in a five goal thriller in their quarter-final clash, winning 3-2 to set up today's tie with the University of Limerick.

It’s matchday!

We face Queens University Belfast this afternoon with a place in the Collingwood Cup Final up for grabs.

Collingwood Cup Semi-final
⚔️ Queens University Belfast
Maguires Astros, UL
14:15
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The finalist for the 2026 Collingwood Cup will be decided this afternoon as Maynooth take on UCC in the other semi-final pairing, both games will kick off at 2:15pm.