Portumna CS - 13 Colaiste Iognaid - 12SCHOOLS RUGBY/Connacht Senior Cup, Quarter Finals:Holders Colaiste Iognaid lost by the narrowest of margins in this tight quarter-final played at Portumna yesterday. The city students took the lead after three minutes with a 35-metre penalty by full back Daniel Riordan.
Three minutes later Portumna number eight Raymond Kelly scored a try on the right, which centre Eoin Leonard converted.
Riordan struck two more good penalties for a half-time lead of 9-7.
Leonard scored a penalty for Portumna in the 42nd minute. But Colaiste replied with a fourth penalty on target in the 50th minute.
The victors secured success after 64 minutes when Leonard showed maturity with his second penalty which he struck from 40 metres.
PORTUMNA CS: E McKeigue; S Finnerty, A O'Toole, E Leonard, M Dervan; P Mannion, J Flaherty; P O'Hara, C Muldoon, B Campbell, K Coughlan, C McClearn, N Duffy, R Kelly, M Gohery (capt).
COLAISTE IOGNAID, GALWAY: D Riordan; G Williams, T Ryder, A Finnerty, D Gilmore; C O'Beirne, R O Fathaigh; D Nagle, C Hurley, P O'Connor, I O'Carroll, R Kelly, J O'Donoghue (capt), C Power, P Brennan. Replacements: T O'Donnell for R Kelly (51 mins), B Ashe for D Nagle (69 mins).
Referee: R Derham (ARCB).
