UCD (0) 0 
Rovers (1) 1 - Twigg 10' 

EA Sports Cup - Belfield Bowl - Monday 10th May 2010  

1 Alan Mannus
13 Pat Flynn
4 Craig Sives
24 Dan Murray (c)
19 Danny Murphy
15 Paddy Kavanagh
6 Stephen Rice
25 Robert Bayly
8 James Chambers
17 Sean O'Connor
9 Gary Twigg

Substitutes:
7 Stephen Bradley
for Rice 58'
10 Dessie Baker
for Chambers 66'
23 Thomas Stewart
for Twigg 66'
16 Robert Duggan
20 Billy Dennehy

Gary Twigg
10th minute goal for Rovers

Michael O’Neill played a strong side in Belfield and a lone goal from Gary Twigg was enough to see the Hoops through to the next round. The Hoops dominated most of the play but survived a late scare that would have forced extra time.

The goal came on 10 minutes and Danny Murphy’s persistence paid off when he won the ball just over the half-way line despite the presence of two UCD players to run forward and find Gary Twigg with a fine cross that the Scotsman dispatched to the net with a header.

Dan Murray shot over the bar five minutes later before an O’Connor cross needed a defensive header to deny Chambers a chance. Rovers had plenty of possession without creating too many openings while the Students registered their first real chance on 37 minutes when Doyle failed to convert a cross to the back post.

The last chance of the half fell to Bayly but his shot just cleared the cross-bar following good work by Paddy Kavanagh.

The second-half saw Rovers continue to dominate possession of the ball and a good move saw Chambers and Twigg combine at the edge of the box but a defender blocked Twigg’s shot.

On 57 minutes a deep Danny Murphy cross was met at the back post by Chambers but he couldn’t direct his header on goal. Just before the hour a short back pass by Flynn saw the ball fall to UCD's Rusk and Mannus was relieved to push away his shot for a corner.

On 70 minutes a Bradley corner was met by the glancing header of Craig Sives but the ball went narrowly wide of the far post. The Students had a glorious chance to equalise on 78 minutes when a break into the Hoops box saw a cross beat Mannus but the UCD number 12 dived to head the ball off the post and wide.

Bradley set-up Baker to shoot low across goal on 80 minutes and four minutes later Stewart set-up Kavanagh to shoot inside the area but a defender blocked his effort on goal.

The game had entered added-on time when a free-kick into the area wasn’t dealt with and in the ensuing scramble a UCD boot diverted the ball past Mannus but luckily Sives was on hand to clear off the line.