Teenager Evan Caffrey scored a goal-of-the-season contender as 10-man UCD got here from behind to present themselves an enormous carry with victory on this rousing relegation six-pointer on the UCD Bowl.
inheritor third win of the marketing campaign sees the College students leapfrog some extent above Harps of their intriguing battle on the backside. They’ll meet for the final time at Finn Park in October.
Harps noticed loads of the ball early on and have been forward on 16 minutes. UCD midfielder Dara Keane was adjudged to have pulled down Ethan Boyle and Filip Mihaljevic despatched Lorcan Healy the unsuitable strategy to hearth Harps forward.
Keane was then instrumental in UCD’s equaliser inside two minutes. The midfielder’s drilled shot cannoned again off a submit with Donal Higgins alert to the unfastened ball to faucet it into the web.
The College students then misplaced influential skipper Jack Keaney to harm six minutes after the restart. Nevertheless it galvanised them as they took the lead with a completely chic purpose on 58 minutes, with 19-year-old Caffrey hitting a shocking drive from 30 yards.
UCD – Healy; Gallagher, Keaney (Dunne 50), Todd, Osam; Higgins (Brennan 71), Caffrey; Duffy, Keane, Dignam (Ryan 88); Lonergan.
Finn Harps – McKeown; Boylan, Tourish (Carillo 57); Duncan, 83), Slevin; Boyle, N’Zeyi, Connolly, Donelan (Rainey 83); McNamee (Jones 63); McWoods, Mihaljevic.
Ref – Derek Tomney (Dublin).
