In a dramatic Collingwood Cup final in Limerick yesterday, National University of Ireland, Galway took the trophy for the sixth time and in a penalty shootout against University of Ulster, Jordanstown with goalkeeper Philip King and full back Kieran McDonald emerging as the winners' heroes.

The sides were deadlocked at two goals apiece after 90 minutes and having failed to reach a conclusion in their penalty shootout, the match went to sudden death. UUJ saw their first penalty at this stage, from Damien Mooney, saved by the alert Philip King and then McDonald fired past Gary Fitzpatrick, who had replaced the injured Shane Wilson between the posts after 76 minutes.

In a keenly-contested first half, the Northern college went ahead after nine minutes when Garret Gibson curled a free kick past King, but Shane O'Loughlin equalised in injury time in the half. Five minutes into the second half a Richie Dunne corner deceived goalkeeper Shane Wilson, but UUJ stormed back to level in 65 minutes when Keith Miller set up Dave Patton.

The game went to extra time without producing a goal and then to a penalty shoot-out in which each team scored three times.

NUIG: P King, K McDonald, J Bracken, P Waldron, K Foley, S O'Loughlin, G Cassidy, R Dunne, A O'Donnell, B Meehan, R Clarke.

UUJ: S Wilson, R Scannell, G Liggett, R Crowe, G Fitzpatrick, G Gibson, K Miller, D Parker, D Patton, P McCann, C Devine.

Referee: T Ryan, Limerick.

In the plate final, Dublin University beat DIT, with Derek Cobbe scoring the all-important goal in 53 minutes.