St Columba's ran in six tries in yesterday's quarter-final at Belfield, including a hat-trick from left wing Andrew White.

On 22 minutes, St Columba's grabbed their first try when the ball was moved slickly to the back line and White received five metres out.

On the half-hour White got his second when he took a popped pass from open side flanker Warren Turner. His third came 15 minutes after the restart when Rory Skinner went left, passing to Gordon Sweeney, who in turn set up White.

St Columba's: J O'Malley; M Quinn, G Sweeney, D Nolan, A White; P Bresnihan, J Hamilton; J Moore (capt), A Wheeler, S Scott, A Wilson, R Jennings, R Skinner, W Turner, R McArdle.

St Patrick's: E Carroll; C Carty, R Conaty, T Geraghty, B Gaffney; D Hurley, D Delahunt (capt); P Lee, T Webster, D McDonagh, G Brady, F McKeown, D Corcoran, R Kenny, D Crinnion. Replacements: G Murray for Corcoran (65 mins), P O'Reilly for Carty (68 mins), C Browne for Gaffney (68 mins).

Referee: G McFadden (ARLB).