Maynooth University find out who they will be playing in the first round of Sigerson and Fitzgibbon Cups

Maynooth University have been drawn away to University of Limerick in the first round of this year's Sigerson Cup, while their hurling counterparts will play University of Ulster, UCC and UCD in the group stages of the Fitzgibbon Cup.

Maynooth will be hoping for a longer stint in the third level colleges competition this time around after they were knocked out in the first round of the cup last year when they fell to defeat against Queen's University.

Several footballers from Kildare were on the side that crashed out at the first round last year, with Tony Gibbons, Fergal Conway, Neill Flynn and Paul Cribbin all featuring for Johnny Doyle's side.

The hurlers face a tough task to make it out of their group this year once again, with strong UCD and UCC sides presenting sizeable obstacles.

Preliminary Round

NUIG v Trinity College

Garda v Cork IT

GMIT v IT Sligo

Round One

UL v Maynooth University

Athlone IT v DIT

Garda/Cork IT v University Ulster

UCD v GMIT/Sligo IT - GMIT at home if they win preliminary round game

DCU Dochas Eireann v Queens University

St Mary's v NUIG/Trinity - Trinity at home if they win preliminary round game