Schools Make Most Of The Wind

Twenty unanswered points in a wind assisted opening half helped the Irish Schools side to a 20-5 victory over an Ireland U19 Selection at Lakelands Park Terenure.

Irish Schools XV 20 – 5 Ireland U19 XV

Twenty unanswered points in a wind assisted opening half helped the Irish Schools side to a 20-5 victory over an Ireland U19 Selection at Lakelands Park Terenure.

In the opening half, prop Cian Healy and Blackrock College winger Vasya Artemiev scored tried that out-half Brian Collins converted. Collins (Castleknock College) also landed two penalties to leave the Schools 20 points clear at the interval.

Although the U19s got themselves on the scoreboard with an early second half try, Highfield prop David Ryan the scorer, they never really looked likely to overhaul the leaders.

Irish Schools:L Fitzgerald (Blackrock College); K Corrigan (Methodist College, Belfast); M McCrea (Belfast High School), D Cave (Sullivan Upper School), Vasya Artemiev (Blackrock College); B Collins (Castleknock College) A Bartholomew (Royal School Armagh); C Healy (Belvedere College), C Culleton (Blackrock College), R Burke Flynn (St Michael’s College); D O’Reilly (Blackrock College), Conor McInerney (St Mary’s College); R Hamilton (Methodist College, Belfast), B O’Mahony (Crescent College Comprehensive), D Pollock (Royal School Dungannon).

Irish U19s: R Kearney (UCD); M Rantz-MacDonald (Mount Temple); E Ryan (UCC), F McFadden (Clongowes), D Black (Portadown); K Lett (UCD) D Williams (UCC); G Walsh (UL Bohemians), P Crossley (Wasps), D Ryan (Highfield); D Toner (Lansdowne), J Cornett (Queen’s); N Lysaght (Blackrock College RFC), W Falloon (Royal School Armagh), C Smyth (Terenure College RFC). Replacements: C Kennefick (UCC) for Cornett (10 mins), J Sherry (Ard Scoil Ris) for Falloon (37 mins), K Maloney (Blackrock College) for Walsh (42 mins), M D’Arcy (Dublin University) for Duncan (50 mins), J Power (Blackrock College) for Ryan (55 mins), P Duncan (Roscrea) for Lett (62 mins), D Bowes (Malone) for Crossley (62 mins), S Marshall (Banbridge) for Kennefick (63 mins), K Griffin (Shannon) for Ryan (65 mins).

Referee: P Haycock (IRFU).