Glenstal & PBC Claim Wins In Junior Cup

Glenstal Abbey School and Presentation Brothers College claimed round one victories in the Munster Schools Junior Cup.

Glenstal Abbey School 14, Castletroy College 0.
A superb performance by fullback Ronan Quinn inspired Glenstal to victory in the Munster Schools Junior Cup at Dooradoyle.
In the first half Quinn made three superb breaks and fittingly he was rewarded with his sides opening try early in the second half.
He sprinted from halfway after his forwards had overturned possession in their own half to lead 7-0.
Back row Padraic Mulligan scored their second try and Andrew Hogan converted both in what was a surprise result.

Scorers Glenstal Abbey School: Ronan Quinn, Padraic Mulligan tries, Andrew Hogan 2 cons.

Glenstal Abbey School: Ronan Quinn; Ronan Hanly, Emmet Alyward, Andrew Hogan, Ruairi Woodcock; Caolan Dooley (Capt), Briain Leonard; Denny Moriarty, Eoghan Fitzgerald, John Ashe; Tiernan Ryan, Jack Wall O'Reilly; Bill Fitzgerald, Michael Gilbride, Padraig Mulligan.
Replacements: Matthew Lynch, Max Downing, Donagh Hyland, William Twomey, Keith Floyd, Marcus Esmonde, Scott McKeown, Jack Collins.
Castletroy College: Kenneth McGuire; Luke Callanan, Eoin Murphy, Callum Duffy, David Crampton; Sean Madden, Michael O'Hanrahan; Adam Belazi, Kieran O'Shea, Robert Magill; Graham Bourke, James Coates; Gareth Moore, Cian Whyte, Ronan Keavney (Capt).
Replacements:PJ Allen, Sean O'Neill, William Campbell, Ronan Kiely, Robert Holmes, Robert Lazarut, Harry Gleeson, Cian Fitzgibbon.
Referee: J Adams (MAR).



St Clement’s College 5, PBC 48
PBC have qualified for the third round of the Munster Schools Junior Cup as they recorded a landslide victory over St Clement’s College at Rosbrien.

Pres’ had 19 points on the board after ten minutes with tries from Andrew Geaney O’Brien, Niall Murphy and Brian Lynch. Two of these tries were converted by Murphy.

Mark McLaughlin scored the Mardyke College’s fourth try midway through the opening half. Liam Ryan was credited with a pushover try from a driving maul following a penalty approaching the break. Murphy added his third conversion to give Pres’ a 31-0 interval lead.

Pres’ continued to have ‘Clement’s pinned back for most of the second half as Ryan scored his second pushover try following a scrum deep inside the Limerick College’s 22. Murphy followed it up with his fourth conversion.

Colm Morey and Joe O’Leary scored tries for Pres’ in the final quarter.

St Clement’s were awarded a penalty deep inside the Pres’ 22 from which they opted for a quick tap. Alex Kiely crashed over in the corner for the Limerick College’s only try with time at a premium.

Scorers: St Clement’s College: Alex Kiely try.
PBC: Niall Murphy try & 4 cons; Liam Ryan 2 tries; Andrew Geaney-O’Brien, Brian Lynch, Mark McLaughlin, Colm Morey & Joe O’Leary tries.

St. Clements College: Adam Kiely; Calvin Carroll, Adam Marshall, Joshua O'Rahilly, Cathal Morrissey; Evan Barrett, Eoin O'Regan; Christopher Heelan, Gabriel Burke-O'Dwyer, Owen Coady; Rhys Williams, Peter McNamara; Scott Duggan, Alex Kiely, Adam Ahern;
Replacements: Nathan Doheny, Diarmuid Maher, Gearoid Leo, David Bridgeman, Jack Cross, Daniel Owens, Conor O'Sullivan, Morgan Higgins.
PBC: Mark McLaughlin; Brian Lynch, Louis Bruce, Sam Horgan, Andrew Geaney O'Brien; Niall Murphy, James O'Shaughnessy; Ben Quigley, Fionn Keohane, Alex Keating; Sean-Henry Squires, Eoin Quilter; Richie Foley, Liam Ryan, Aodhlaoibh Porter.
Replacements: Billy Kingston, Ben McCarthy, David McCarthy, Alex Kendellen, Ronan Walsh, Joe O'Leary, Mark Traynor, Conor Morey.

Referee: Amanda Greensmith (MAR).