SCHOOLS RUGBY/CBC Cork 18 Ardscoil Ris 6:CBC CORK collected their 16th Munster Schools Junior Cup and their first since 2006 with a deserved win over Limerick city's Ardscoil Rís in glorious conditions at Musgrave Park in Cork city yesterday.
Christians led 15-3 at half-time, scoring two tries in the closing 10 minutes through powerful secondrow Evan Mintern and scrumhalf Jamie Murphy, with outhalf Michael O’Halloran kicking a penalty and a conversion.
Ardscoil outhalf David O’Mahony kicked a penalty to make it 3-3 after eight minutes and added a second six minutes into the second half, but it was all Christians after that.
O’Halloran stretched the advantage with a second penalty in the 55th minute following a spell of sustained pressure, featuring outstanding flanker Shane O’Hanlon.
CBC CORK: K Doyle; D Lee, M Clune, P Hyde, B O’Callaghan; M O’Halloran, J Murphy; C Fitzgerald, V O’Brien, G Roche (capt); D Lynch, E Mintern; S O’Halloran, C Barry, D Walsh. Replacements: S Kennedy for Fitzgerald, N Guilfoyle for Walsh (40 mins), E Cahill for Lynch, S Kennedy for Fitzgerald, E Scully for O’Brien, J McSweeney for Roche, R McGuire for Murphy, D O’Sullivan for Doyle, A McHenry for Hyde (all 59 mins)
ARDSCOIL RÍS: L Brock; P de Brun, P McNamara, J O’Donnell, L White; D O’Mahony, H Bourke; P Lyons, K Bracken, K Brown, D Ryan, D McMahon; J McCabe, S Fenton (capt), J Sexton. Replacements: K Danagher for McMahon (45 mins), D Scannell for Bourke (48 mins).
Referee: S Kierans (Munster).
