Munster Schools Boys Junior Cup Round-Up | Castletroy College Secure Semi-Final Place
2nd February 2023 By The Editor
A view of today's Munster Schools Boys Junior Cup match in Thomond Park between St Munchin's College and Castletroy College. Photo Credit: St Munchin's Sport Twitter
Castletroy College booked their place in the semi-finals of this year’s Munster Schools Boys Junior Cup thanks to a 18-16 win over St Munchin’s in Thomond Park.
St Munchin’s took an early 3-0 lead in the first five minutes thanks to Oisin Madden’s well struck penalty from 30m out.
Castletroy responded with a try from Cian O’Hanlan which was converted as they took a 7-3 lead.
Madden responded with a penalty for St Munchin’s which reduced the deficit to just one point before Tyler Kelly crossed in the corner for Castletroy to give them a 12-6 lead. The conversion went wide as did a penalty attempt from Robbie Widger just before the break.
On the resumption of the second half, the sides traded scores with Dan Foley scoring a converted try for St Munchin’s with the Corbally school also notching a penalty but Castletroy were able to add six points from the tee themselves to leave them with a 18-16 victory.
Castletroy will now meet the winners of Rockwell and Ardscoil Rís in the semi-finals while St Munchin’s will have another opportunity when they meet Limerick rivals Crescent College Comprehensive in the quarter-finals.
Click here for a round-up of Wednesday’s three matches in the Munster Schools Boys Junior Cup.
St Munchin’s College: Ryan Angley, Josh Aylmer, Alex Quinn, Brendan Minogue, Adam McGlynn, Oisin Madden, Darragh Dillon; Calum Kirwan, Adam O’Shaughnessy, Donnacha Colgan, Cillian McGrath, Eoin Coughlan, Ciaran Howard, Paddy Dowling, Daniel Foley.
Replacements: Zaid Alkhous, Cian Gibbons, Michael Landers, Adam Burke, Alex Mitchell, Jack Meaney, Paddy O’Driscoll, Brian Carr, Callum O’Hanlon, Adam Naughton.
Castletroy College: Robbie Widger, Tyler Kelly, Robert O’Donnell, Joel Rowntree, Pierce Walter, Conor Gavin, Ronan Collopy; Mark Hickey, Cian O’Hanlan, Trevor Tchokotieu, Donncha Donnelly, Adam Power, Ben O’Connell, Travis Tchokotieu, Cillian McNamara.
Replacements: Andrew Berkery, Jordi Frigola Ward, Kevin Griffin, Denis Blackwell, Sam Prendergast, Cormac Devitt, Michael Flannery, Sean Quilter, Robert Sheehan, David Joseph.
