Holders prove too strong

Colleges/Munster SF: Colaiste na Sceilge; 1-12; Colaiste Chriost Rí;  0-10  Colaiste Na Sceilge retained their Corn Uí Mhuiri…

Colleges/Munster SF: Colaiste na Sceilge; 1-12; Colaiste Chriost Rí;  0-10  Colaiste Na Sceilge retained their Corn Uí Mhuiri Munster Colleges Senior Football title after proving too strong for Cork kingpins Colaiste Chriost Ri at the Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney .

A superb defence, with wing back Ciaran Grandfield outstanding, held the Chriost Ri forwards in a vice-like grip and a vital goal came in the 11th minute when Declan O'Sullivan burst through two tackles to place Mike Curran to rifle the ball to the Cork net.

COLAISTE NA SCEILGE: B Sheehan; J M Clifford, W O'Sullivan, A O'Connor; P Sheehan, G Galvin, C Grandfield; A Breen, D Fenton; M Curran (1-1), K Cronin (0-2), B Murphy; J O'Shea, D O'Sullivan (0-6), J Corridan (0-2). Subs: A O'Shea (0-1), for J O'Shea.

COLAISTE CHRIOST RI: M Dorgan; B O'Sullivan, A Murphy, C Murphy; D Moynihan, B Twomey (0-1), N Hefferan; P Morgan, C O'Reilly (0-1); P Murphy, G Leahy (0-1), J Shanahan; P O'Shea (0-1), T Guiheen (0-2), J O'Sullivan (0-2), Subs. K O'Neill (0-1), for P O'Shea, A O'Flynn (0-1) for G Leahy.