Brady shows his prowess

St Patrick's, Navan, ran in eight tries, all converted, to overwhelm New Ross VC in Carlow

St Patrick's, Navan, ran in eight tries, all converted, to overwhelm New Ross VC in Carlow. Navan centre John Brady scored six of the tries, three in each half. Brady has been extremely active, playing Gaelic football for his school on Friday and also being involved with Navan O'Mahonys and Meath under-15 footballers over the weekend.

New Ross trailed 21-0 at half-time and Navan's impressive loose-head prop Sean Gallagher crossed for another try two minutes after the restart. The captain and outhalf Cian Murphy, who landed all eight conversions, rounded off the scoring.

ST PATRICK'S: A McCormack, S Dawson, J Brady, P Murray, P Culligan, C Murphy, B Forristal, S Gallagher, C Brady, D McAteer, D Gillic, N Cullinane, C Dunphy, N Aughney, S Byrne. Replacements: N Finlay for McAteer, M Curry for Aughney, W Donegan for McCormack, D Keating for J Brady, A Delahunt for C Brady.

NEW ROSS: P Drohan, S Moore, S Doyle, P Kinsella, M Richardson, S Power, P Delaney, W Redmond, F kelly, M Whitty, T Pender, S Furlong, J Murphy, D Murphy, A Boland. Replacements: P Ryn for Whitty, S Somers for Richardson, S Kirwan for Drohan.

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Referee: M Flanagan.