Schools' Rugby Pres Bray 29 King's Hospital 0There was simply no stopping Pres Bray from powering into the Leinster Schools' Junior Cup quarter-final on the back pitch at Donnybrook yesterday.
Out-half Fergal Devlin got things moving with a 17th minute penalty and his break opened the way for blindside John Breslin to poach the first converted try of the match. Hard-running centre Sean Byrne made the line for a 15-0 lead at half-time.
King's Hospital were leaking points and scrum-half Peter du Toit, centre Sam McGlynn and number eight Alistair Trenier battled manfully against the tide of pressure coming their way.
Byrne was back for more in the 42nd minute to finish off the good approach work of his forwards and second row Neal Cooper made 50 metres to create the hole for Byrne's midfield partner Brian Maher to round off the four tries.
Devlin converted the last two to complete an impressive all-round performance before their last eight date with Leinster League winners Gonzaga College.
Scorers: Pres Bray: S Byrne 2 tries; B Maher, J Breslin try each; F Devlin pen, 3 cons.
PRES BRAY: D Haughton; E Wogan, S Byrne, B Maher, B Daly; F Devlin, E Cleary (capt); J O'Brien, G Walsh, A Jeffers, N Cooper, P Kennedy, J Breslin, J O'Kelly, J Molloy. Replacements: R Reynolds for O'Brien, J Dempsey for Maher both 48 mins; B O'Reilly for O'Kelly 53 mins; S Duggan for Cleary, C Messett for Walsh both 54 mins; V Barry for Jeffers, S Keenan for Daly both 56 mins.
KING'S HOSPITAL: A Robles; R Heather, M Walsh, S McGlynn, J O'Connor; B Marron, P du Toit; W Butler, A Frazer, J Curran, D Foley, D O'Sullivan, P White, D Whiston, A Trenier (capt). Replacements: J Forbes for Robles ht; M Moynihan for Curran 50 mins; M MacDonald for O'Connor 53 mins; B Brooks for Foley 57 mins.
Referee: G Ferrick, Leinster Branch.
Right wing Thomas Harrington scored two tries when helping Christian Brothers, Cork cruise to the semi-final of the Munster Schools' Junior Cup by beating Glenstal Abbey 29-10 at Dooradoyle yesterday.
CBC: R. Clune, T. Harrington, A. Daly, B. O'Leary, O'Donnell; J. Holland, B. Slater; E. O'Sullivan, M. Carroll, D. Attridge; H. Hayes, I. O'Gorman; D. Nagle, R. Barry, W. Ryan. Replacements: C. Corkery for O'Sullivan, E. Doyle for Nagle, G. Mackessy for O'Donnell.
GLENSTAL: P. Comerford, R. Ferrara, R. Fullam, C. Hughes, A. Ryan; M. O'Flynn, S. Holt; D. O'Callaghan, B. Costigan, H. Devin; S. Lewis, S. Cosgrave; D. Casey, R. Dunne, J. J. Clarke. Replacements: D. Costelloe for Comerford, L. Mungovan for Lewis.
