CBC 12 St Munchin’s 12 St Munchin’s charged back from 12 points down as Dara Giltinane’s try and Jack Goode’s conversion sent this Munster Schools Junior Cup final against CBC played in Virgin Media Park on Wednesday to a replay. When these two schools were last slated to meet in a Junior Cup final, Covid … Read more
PBC 54 CBC 0 PBC added another accomplishment to mark themselves out as a special generation by inflicting a record 54-point whitewash on their fierce rivals CBC to sail into a seventh consecutive Munster Schools Senior Cup final on Thursday afternoon. Christians may have been the reigning champions, but Pres have been installed as hot … Read more
St Munchin’s 43 Bandon Grammar School 34 Bandon Grammar suffered more semi-final heartbreak as two tries apiece from Ryan Angley and Brendan Minogue secured a first Munster Schools Senior Cup final appearance since 2012 for St Munchin’s after an 11-try thriller. There were five lead changes inside 28 minutes in a breathless first half, after … Read more
I think the lap of honour after the final whistle might have been a step too far but Ireland arrived in London, put their bodies on the line and left as very worthy winners. Not having won anything other than a Six Nations game, the celebrations after weren’t merited though I know most will disagree … Read more
A win is a win, but the best team unquestionably lost. It took a raft of Irish subs in the second half before Ireland were able to stem the flow of dominance that Italy brought on Saturday. Arriving in Dublin on the back of a great win over Scotland, Italy took to the pristine turf … Read more
UCC manager Paul O’Keeffe had a beaming smile after his side booked their place in the Sigerson Cup final. The Cork side didn’t play to their best but eked out a 1-11 to 1-8 victory over University of Galway at the Mardyke on Thursday night. UCC will be going for a 25th Sigerson Cup title … Read more
CBC 29 Glenstal Abbey 28 Conor Mulvihill’s nerveless touchline conversion into the gusting wind saved CBC’s Munster Schools Senior Cup title defence by pickpocketing a dejected Glenstal Abbey in the eighth minute of stoppage time. Christian Brothers College ‘cheer squad’ support their team. Picture: Larry Cummins The reigning champions looked down and out when trailing … Read more
Munster 22 Dragons 20 Gavin Coombes came off the bench to score a brace of tries to rescue victory from the jaws of defeat for Munster in the URC clash against a stubborn Dragons side at Virgin Media Park on Friday evening. There was considerable interest in how the young back row trio of Seán … Read more
Glenstal Abbey 34 Kinsale Community School 10 Debutants Kinsale CS bowed out of the Munster Senior Schools Cup, suffering a 34-10 reverse to Glenstal Abbey, in Limerick on Thursday afternoon. Despite the loss, the performance the occasion will only embolden the Kinsale outfit to search for more as their surge up the rugby ranks reached … Read more
Munster 30 Benetton 21 Munster got the job done by beating Benetton in what was effectively a final-round knockout URC encounter at Virgin Media Park on Friday evening to keep their season alive. The opening dozen minutes saw a spell of sparring before Tom Farrell landed a dig to Benetton’s ribcages by slicing up the … Read more