Avonmore SuperMilk Munster Schools Cup Round Up

Victory for Avonmore Supermilk Munster Schools Senior Cup holders Rockwell College, but defeat for the holders in the last two season’s Crescent College Comprehensive in the Avonmore SuperMilk Munster Schools Junior Cup.

Glenstal Abbey School 3, Rockwell College 5.
Holders Rockwell had to pull out all the stops to ensure a home quarter final tie in the Avonmore SuperMilk Munster Schools Senior Cup with a narrow victory over Glenstal at Clanwilliam Park.
A try from winger Steve McMahon gave Rockwell a 5-3 interval lead. Luke Bradley replied with a penalty for Glenstal.
Bradley did have an opportunity of winning the game for Glenstal but was off target with a penalty effort in the final minute.
Scorers Glenstal Abbey School: Luke Bradley pen.
Rockwell College: Steve McMahon try.
Glenstal Abbey School: Sean Gleeson; Eoin Hurley, Andrew Boland, Ian Kenny, Robert Shanahan; Luke Bradley, Andrew Devereux; David Higgins, Cal McCarthy, Kieran Grennan; Kevin Lynch, Mike O'Riordan; Ian McCarthy, Rossa Dooley, Tom Ryan.
Replacements: Richard O'Hara, James Ryan, Conor Hughes, Blake Dunne, Kevin O'Keeffe, Hugh Connors, James Igoe, Cormac McDonogh, James Hanley, Justin Neville.
Rockwell: David Johnston; Alex Lynch, Rob Jermyn, Cillian Kiely, Steve McMahon; Aidan Moynihan, Dylan Megagh; Jack McCormack, Darragh Mulcahy, James Maxwell; Sean McCarthy, Darragh Foley; James Feehan, Sonny O'Dwyer, Aidan Butler.
Replacements: Sean McNulty, Robbie Lyons, William O'Dwyer, Cathal Ryan, Adam Suttcliffe, Aidan Barron, Sean O'Donoghue, Ronan Maher.
Referee: Shane Kierans (M.A.R.)

Crescent College Comprehensive 3, P.B.C. 12.
Defending champions for the past two seasons Crescent College Comprehensive lost their opening game in this year’s Avonmore SuperMilk Munster Schools Junior Cup to P.B.C. at Dooradoyle.
In an evenly contested opening half it finished scoreless at half time. Shane Eades opened the scoring with a penalty for Crescent early in the second half.
The visitors hit back and tries from prop Jake O’Donovan and second row Dave Fitzgerald and a conversion by David O’Sullivan saw Pres’ earn a home quarter final tie.
Scorers Crescent College Comprehensive: Shane Eades pen.
P.B.C.: Jake O’Donovan, Dave Fitzgerald tries, David O’Sullivan con.
Crescent Comprehensive College: Glenn Dickinson; Gary O'Sullivan, Shane Eades, Calvin Nash, Mark Varley; Jack Harrington, Phillip Spillane; Caolan Moloney, Sean Hensey, Michael McGann; Eimhin Prendergast, Cian Reale; Andrew Harrison, Sean Fitzgerald, Owain Quinlan.
Replacements: Anson Thai, Diarmuid McDonnell, Sean Naughton, Conor Slattery, Val McDermott, Billy O'Hora, Daniel O'Keeffe, Bryan McNamara.
P.B.C.: David O'Sullivan; Conor Barrett, Paul Kiernan, Luke Clarke, Seafra Guilfoyle; Robin Reidy, John Poland; Joe Ring, Jack Linehan, Jake O'Donovan; Andrew Ring, Dave Fitzgerald; Michael Fitzgibbon, William Buckley, Caolan O'Flynn
Replacements: Emmet McCarthy, Gearoid O'Mahony, Eddie Ryan, Graham Smith, Billy Pope, Kevin O'Leary, Paul Tobin, Paddy Hogan.
Referee: Paul O’Connor (M.A.R.)

C.B.C. 13, St. Munchin’s 3.
A deserved victory for Christian Brothers College in their opening game in the Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Junior Cup at Musgrave Park.
The winners totally dominated the game up front and this laid the foundation for the Cork Schools victory.
Christians got off to a great start with Michael O’Halloran slotting over a penalty from thirty metres inside the opening minute.
David Lynch was dominating out of touch and wing forward Daniel Walsh was putting in an amount of work around the park, as Christians had Munchin’s on the back foot for long periods in the opening half.
Excellent tackling by the Munchin’s defence kept Christian at bay but they eventually breeched the Munchin’s defence on nineteen minutes when following a series of scrums close to the line, scrum half Jamie Murphy got in for a try.
The slippery ball was making things difficult and Christians winger Darren Lee knocked on over the line after a well worked back line move on the stroke of half time.
Christians continued to dominate after the break with full back Killian Doyle knocked on when another try seemed certain.
Slowly Munchin’s worked their way back into the match and hooker Peter Meyer kicked a penalty after forty seven minutes.
Munchin’s lifted their game but the C.B.C. defence held firm and in the final minute a forward drive resulted in Evan Mintern going in for a second Christians try.
Scorers C.B.C.: Jamie Murphy, Evan Mintern tries, Michael O’Halloran pen.
St. Munchin’s: Peter Meyer pen.
C.B.C.: Killian Doyle; Darren Lee, Michael Clune, Peter Hyde, Ben O'Callaghan; Michael O'Halloran, Jamie Murphy; Colm Fitzgerald, Vincent O'Brien, Greg Roche; David Lynch, Evan Mintern; Shane O'Hanlon, Daniel Walsh, Cian Barry,
Replacements: Stephen Kennedy, Robert O’Donoghue, Joe McSweeney, Eoin Cahill, Nessan Guilfoyle, Rob McGuire, Daniel O'Sullivan, Alex McHenry.
St. Munchin's: Shane Halpin; Bobby Price, Jonathon O'Hanlon, Darragh Hynes, Shane O'Sullivan; Dylan O'Dwyer, Aaron Nunan; Jordan Prendeville, Peter Meyer, Antoine Sheehy; Nathan Nugent, John Foley; Killian Browne, Sean O’Dea, Jake Healy.
Replacements: Corey Wells, Emmett O’Callaghan, Ryan O’Sullivan Glynn, Darragh McSweeney, Aaron McSweeney, Eric Mulcahy, Eoin Brewett, Brandon Wallace.
Referee: Chris Harrington (M.A.R.)

The draw for the quarter finals of the Avonmore SuperMilk Munster Schools Senior Cup is :-
C.B.C. v Crescent College Comprehensive;
P.B.C. v Glenstal Abbey School;
Rockwell College v Castletroy College;
St. Munchin’s v Ard Scoil Ris.