Bandon Grammar & Rockwell Name Sides

Defending champions Rockwell College will host Bandon Grammar School at Clanwilliam Park tomorrow, 21st January (kick off 3pm) in their opening round of the Munster Schools Senior Cup.

In a double header the Rockwell Junior side host their Bandon counterparts at 1pm which sees Brendan Ryan captaining the Tipperary side and Michael Archer taking charge of Bandon Grammar School.

Hooker Diarmuid Barron will lead the way for the Senior Cup defending champions while Gavin Coombes captains Bandon Grammar from the backrow.

Rockwell College will be seeking a two in a row and their 26th Senior Cup title this year while Bandon Grammar School have yet to put their name on the cup.

Rockwell College Junior XV: Cian Mullane; Alex Ryan, Dylan Farrelly, Conor Pearson, Sean Cotter; Ryan O’Sullivan, Oisin Mangan; James O’Meara, Darragh Molloy, Ciaran Ryan; Niall O’Hanrahan, Robert Browne; Stephen Grogan, Harry Tobin, Brendan Ryan (Capt.). Replacements: Tom Dowling, Dara Murphy, Kevin Kophamel, Cathal Hayes, Joe Dwan, Brian Flavin, Eddie Daly, Andrew Moloney.

Bandon Grammar Junior XV: Sean Madden; Dylan O’Sullivan, Mark Fitzgerald , Bruce Matthews, Steven Kingston; Soren Minihane, Jack Crowley; Conor Heaney, Alex O’Connor, Michael Archer (Capt.); Joshua Brady, Eoghan Guinevan; Jason Connolly, Niall Beamish, Paul Jackson. Replacements: John Beamish, Moses Lynn, William Boyd-Hull, Tom Bryant, David Ogden, Harry Hall, Tom Barton, Owain Buttimer.

Rockwell College Senior XV: Paudie Feehan; Brian Fitzpatrick, Jamie Stone, Conor Cashman, Paudie Leamy; Jake Flannery, Josh Pickering; Niall Campion, Diarmuid Barron (Capt.), James Kendrick; David Shaw, Paddy Murchan; Mikey Wilson, Ben Murray, Mike Casey. Replacements: Philip Ryan, Luke Ashmore, Keith Melbourne, Ryan McLaren, Connall Fox, Darly Egan, Gary Kavanagh, Chris Egan.

Bandon Grammar School Senior XV: Sean Hudson; Alex Moore, Victor Lovell, Luke Fleming, Ben Gur; Luke Kingston, Mark Bateman; Ashley Deane, Travis Coomey, Dylan O’Callaghan; Josh Landzaad, Jacob Lehane; Robin Stokes, Colin Deane, Gavin Coombes (Capt.). Replacements: Billy Hayes, Greg Reidy, Jason Bradfield, James O’Dwyer, David Perkinson, Jan Donnelly, Evan Palmer, Ethan Twomey.