Report | Colaiste Pobail Bheanntrai Crowned 2026 Girls Schools Junior Cup Champions

Colaiste Pobail Bheanntrai are Munster Schools Girls Junior Cup champions for the first time after defeating titleholders Sacred Heart Clonakilty 15-12 in an end-to-end game in Virgin Media Park.

The Bantry based outfit were the first to put a score on the board as Libby Hicks touched down for an unconverted try in the fourth minute.

It took until just before the break for Colaiste Pobail to lodge yet another score as Zoe Hicks slotted over a penalty to put the side 8-0 ahead at half time.

Sacred Heart fought back hard in the second half scoring back-to-back tries in the opening 15 minutes as both Caoimhe McCarthy and Jenny O’Donnell crossed over. This brought the score to 8-12 with just over ten minutes left on the clock.

But Colaiste Pobail didn’t give up and sealed the victory with a try with just 5 minutes left on the clock. Hicks added the conversion to bring the final score to 15-12.

Colaiste Pobail Bheanntrai: Isabella Wood; Grace Holland, Grace Keane, Niamh O’Sullivan, Madison (Maddie) Hodnett; Zoe Hicks, Grace Cronin; Eabha Lynch, Aoife O’ Mahony, Laura Pinillos; Libby Hicks, Saoirse Cooke; Hailey Hegarty, Beibhinn Brennan; Gracie O’Connor.

Replacements: Alice O’Donovan, Raya O’Donovan, Erin O’Leary Andrews, Áine Courcey, Carlota Candil Martin, Lily O’Sullivan, Ella Cronin

Sacred Heart Clonakilty: Aoife Walsh; Jenny O’Donnell, Ella Haughney, Siún McCarthy, Sadbh Hart; Lara Twomey, Matilda O’Donovan, Róisín O Brien, Lucy McCarthy, Lily Allman; Emily Williamson, Molly Deegan; Emer O’Connor, Caoimhe McCarthy, Isabelle Marie Aherne.

Replacements: Lauren Murphy, Sally McAuley, Faye Knowles, Leah Ni Dhonnabhain, Elena Harrington, Thea Bell, Jane Walsh, Ciara Coakley, Mimi Ndebele, Juliet Gresham.