Tempers flare as Clongowes prevail

LEINSTER SCHOOLS JUNIOR CUP QUARTER-FINALS: Clongowes 32 Pres Bray 18: THE SIGHT of an ambulance entering the field of play …

LEINSTER SCHOOLS JUNIOR CUP QUARTER-FINALS: Clongowes 32 Pres Bray 18:THE SIGHT of an ambulance entering the field of play is never a nice one, but it occurred just 10 minutes after the final whistle at Lakelands after Clongowes had kept their hopes of a Senior and Junior Cup double alive with a strong display. Tempers flared late on, with the result already decided, and two brawls erupted. After the game, Pres Bray number eight Cormac O'Donoghue was taken to hospital for treatment.

The events marred what had been an exciting encounter as Pres Bray threatened to clinch an unlikely draw in the final minutes before Dylan Donnellan picked up a loose ball and ran fully 90 metres to score the winning try, his second of the match.

The Kildare side had led throughout with tries from Daniel O’Sullivan and William Lappin setting up a 17-8 half-time lead, and while Pres Bray came back with Conor Pearse’s try, Donnellan scored one from close range and then finished the job late on.

Clongowes scorers: D Donnellan 2 tries; W Lappin try, 2 pens, 3 cons; D O'Sullivan try.

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Pres Bray scorers: L O'Flynn Martin and C Pearse try each; D Masterson 2 pens, con.

CLONGOWES: C Burke; A Linnane, J Murphy, D O'Sullivan, C Bracken Price; W Lappin, R O'Farrell; D Carty, D Donnellan, J Inglis; M White, O Hassett; F O'Connell Hussey, A Dudeney, D Doyle. Replacements: C Roche McMenamin for Inglis (37 mins); C Gillick for O'Connell Hussey (52 mins); P Maher for O'Farrell (70 mins).

PRES BRAY: D Masterson; D Henderson, J Keating, J Curran, D Cassidy; L Maloney, J Treanor; A Stapleton, L Barrett, C Pearse; C Gleeson, J Hayes; O Moran, L O'Flynn Martin, C O'Donoghue. Replacements: O Hennessy for Maloney (60 mins); G Byrne for Curran (70 mins); H Armstrong for O'Donoghue (70 mins).

Referee: W Sheridan (ARLB).