Limerick players in action as UL host TUS Midwest in Fitzgibbon Cup derby tonight

UL and TUS Midwest meet tonight in the Fitzgibbon Cup with the winner guaranteed a knockout place in this season's competition. 

A draw for UL would be enough to see them through following their win over ATU Galway last time out. The game at Maguire's Fields at UL has a 7pm throw-in.

The hosts are heavy favourites to come away with a victory against their city rivals but TUS will be hopeful of a better performance than the one they put in when the sides met last year - a 5-30 to 0-14 win for UL.

There is plenty of Limerick interest in tonight's game. UL have Cathal O'Neill, Adam English, Colin Coughlan, Finn Hourigan and Rory Duff as part of their panel, while TUS Midwest have Cathal Downes, Kevin Morrissey, Shaun Barry, Marcus Hogan, Sean Long and Michael Ryan in their setup.

Full squads for both colleges are below.

UL Fitzgibbon Cup Squad 2023

Adam English (Doon, Limerick) 

Brian O Sullivan (Kanturk, Cork) 

Bryan O’Mara (Holycross-Ballycahill, Tipperary) 

Cathal O’Neill (Crecora-Manister, Limerick) 

Cian Darcy (Kilruane McDonagh’s, Tipperary) 

Colin Coughlin (Ballybrown, Limerick) 

Colm O’Meara (Clonlara, Clare) 

Conor Flaherty (Claregalway-Carnmore, Galway) 

Conor O’Dwyer (Cashel King Cormacs, Tipperary)

Darragh Corcoran (Ballyhale Shamrocks, Kilkenny) 

Dean Mason (Ballyhale Shamrocks, Kilkenny)

Diarmuid Hanniffy (Oranmore, Galway) 

Eamonn Cleary (Shinrone, Offaly) 

Gearoid O’Connor (Moyne-Templetuohy, Tipperary) 

Ian Byrne (Glenmore, Kilkenny)

James Power (Clonea, Waterford) 

Jason O’Donoghue (Gort, Galway)

Killian McDermott (Clarecastle, Clare) 

Killian Sampson (Shinrone, Offaly) 

Mark Fitzgerald (Passage East, Waterford) 

Mark Rogers (Scariff, Clare) 

Michael Kiely (Abbeyside, Waterford) 

Mike Gough (Smith O’Briens, Clare) 

Padraic Dunne (The Harps, Laois) 

Patrick Crotty (Scariff, Clare) 

Philip Wall (Kilbrittan, Cork) 

Rhys Shelly (Moycarky Borris, Tipperary)

Rory Duff (Mungret St Pauls, Limerick) 

Rory Furlong (Roanmore, Waterford) 

Sean Twomey (Courcey Rovers, Cork) 

Shane Staunton (Clara, Kilkenny)

TJ Brennan (Clarinbridge, Galway)

Cian Galvin (Clarecastle, Clare)

Finn Hourigan (Murroe-Boher, Limerick)

TUS Midwest Fitzgibbon Squad 2023

Aaron Mulcahy (Midleton, Cork) 

Aron Shanagher (Wolfe Tones, Clare) 

Alan Tynan (Roscrea, Tipperary) 

Ben O'Connor (Dromina, Cork) 

Brian Óg O'Dwyer (Tipperary) 

Cathal Downes (Kildimo-Pallaskenry, Limerick)

Cian Broderick (Clarecastle, Clare) 

Conor Kelly (Ahascragh-Fohenagh, Galway) 

Daniel Moloney (Clonlara, Clare)

Darragh Tynan (Roscrea, Tipperary)  

David Boland (Broadford, Clare) 

David Tuohy (Clarecastle, Clare)

Eric Killeen (Rathdowney-Errill, Laois) 

Evan Fitzpatrick (Roscrea, Tipperary) 

Gearóid Ryan (Cappawhite, Tipperary) 

Gerard Halligan (Arravale Rovers, Tipperary) 

Jack McCullagh (Bagenalstown Gaels, Carlow) 

Jordan Burke (St Lachtains, Kilkenny) 

Kevin McCarthy (Toomevara, Tipperary)

Kevin Morrissey (Ahane, Limerick) 

Kyle Shelly (Moycarkey Borris, Tipperary) 

Luke Nolan (Birr, Offaly)

Luke Watkins (Shinrone, Offaly) 

Marcus Hogan (Na Piarsaigh, Limerick) 

Michael Ryan (Murroe-Boher Limerick) 

Oisín Kavanagh (Broadford, Clare) 

Paddy Donnellan (Broadford, Clare) 

Pádraic Watkins (Birr, Offaly) 

Peter Melbourne (Moycarkey Borris, Tipperary)

Robin Mounsey (Ruan, Clare) 

Ryan Scanlon (James Stephens, Kilkenny) 

Seán Long (Na Piarsaigh, Limerick) 

Seán Thompson (Birr, Offaly) 

Shaun Barry (Kildimo-Pallaskenry, Limerick) 

Tom Collins (Ballygar, Galway)