LEINSTER SCHOOLS' JUNIOR CUP/ ST MARY'S COLLEGE 35; SKERRIES COMMUNITY COLLEGE 6: St Mary's showed their class when they overran Skerries CC at Coolmine RFC yesterday. The Rathmines outfit scored six tries with winger Stephen O'Brien bagging a hat-trick.

St Mary's opened the scoring after only one minute when winger Kevin Quinn crossed for a try. Five minutes later, Skerries full back Seán Dempsey landed the first of his two penalties.

St Mary's grabbed their second try through David Flood, converted by Robert Gannon. Dempsey responded by posting his second penalty. Thereafter it was all St Mary's as Richard Sweeney dived over to score and shortly afterwards Flood grabbed a fourth try.

Ten minutes after the break Gannon landed a 25-metre penalty and O'Brien sealed victory with two more tries.

ST MARY'S COLLEGE: I Kelly; S O'Brien, S Hannigan, B Tierney, K Quinn; A Dalton, M Conway; R Maher, B Moran, R Good, P Morris, C McInerney, B O'Flanagan, R Gannon, D Flood (Capt). Replacements: R Sweeney for Moran 18 mins, D Fanning for Tierney 45 mins, K Gallivan for O'Flanagan 52 mins, M Byrne for Morris 58 (inj).

SKERRIES CC: S Dempsey; R O'Connor, E O'Mahony, D Crowell, J Glennon; J Gavin, (capt), E Dempsey; R Conlon-Murphy, G Sambrooks, R Connors, C Musgrave, E Mulligan, R McMahon, C Pierce, P Matthews. Replacements: J Brennan for McMahon h-t, K Keane for E Dempsey 52 mins, S Canning for O'Connor 48 mins, G Donoghue for Glennon 48 mins, E Gaskin for Crowell 54 mins, C Shanley for Conlon-Murphy 54 mins.

Referee: A Acheson (ARLB).

St Mary's College ... 35

Skerries Community College ... 6