Clement’s Surprise Glenstal In Junior Cup Play-Off

A dramatic win for St. Clement’s in the play-off round of the Clayton Hotels Schools Junior Cup at the 4GUL pitch as they came from 17-10 down with two late tries for a 20-17 victory over Glenstal Abbey.

Glenstal opened the scoring with a penalty after thirteen minutes from Josh Kennedy but Clement’s responded immediately with a try from Adam McNamara which Cian Casey converted.

The sides were level 10-10 at half time with Casey kicking a penalty for Clements and Glenstal replying with a try by Kennedy and converted by Will Twomey.

Midway through the second half Glenstal went ahead with a try from Adam White which Twomey converted.

Tries from Casey and Tarkan Pinarci in the final minutes saw St. Clements book their place in the quarter final draw.

Glenstal Abbey: Patrick Johnson ; Aboudi Al-Helaissi, William Twomey, Tristan Higgins, John Walsh; Ian Larkin, Josh Kennedy; Matthew Cannon, Iarlaith O’Reilly, Seamus Kerrisk; Ivor Larkin, Adam White; Stefan Caulfield-Drier, Angus McDonald, Cormac Frawley.

Replacements: Dermot Hughes, Cian O’Brien, Liam Duggan, James Shields, Rob McNamara, Evan O’Neill, Patrick Hassett, Charlie McCartan, Robert Burke, Michael Buckley.

St. Clements: Conor Galvin; Jack McGarry, Gary O’Halloran, Tarkan Pinarci, Adam McNamara; Cian Casey, Keith Punch; Ronan Madden, Shane Malone, Sean Farrell; Chima Ohanya, Jeffrey Rainsford; Jamie Pearse, Jason Murray, Kian McGrath.

Replacements: Noel Kinnane, Gerard McGrath, Ben Murphy, Keith O’Brien, Josh Shinners, Liam Kelly, Desmond Cowhey.

Referee: Andrew Darcy (MAR).