Close Contest As Castletroy College Through To Senior Cup Semi-final

Castletroy College 17 – 11 St Munchin’s College

Liam Fitzgerald Park was the location for this afternoon’s clash between Limerick rivals Castletroy College and St Muchin’s.

It took Castletroy just nine minutes to get their first score on the board with a try from loosehead prop Jamie Conway. James O’Malley followed with the extras.

Munchin’s responded with a penalty in the 16th minute to bring it to 7-3 in favour of Castletroy going into half time.

Munchin’s struck first in the second half as Charlie Grace crashed over for their first try in the 47th minue.

But that lead did not last long as Castletroy came back with a penalty from Liam Glynn putting them two points ahead.

Munchin’s stayed in the fight and a penalty in the 60th minute put them 10-11 ahead

Castletroy were not finished though as Jamie Conway crossed over for the second time in a flourish to put his team through to the semi-finals with a score line of 17-11.

Castletroy College: Robbie Widger; Robert Sheehan, Sean Lyons, Joel Rowntree, James Rennison; Liam Glynn, James O’Malley; Jamie Conway, Jack O’Gorman, Trevor Tchokotieu; Ben Fogarty, Adam Power; Ben O’Connell, Rowan Brady; Cillian McNamara.

Replacements: Kevin Griffin, Julian Siudzinski, Mark Hickey, Andrew Berkeley, Martin Hourigan, Sam Prendergast, Cormac Devitt, Ben Kiely, Evan Boland, Enda Collins.

St Munchin’s College: Adam McGlynn; Jarrod Arenhold, Ryan Angley, Brendan Minogue, Gearoid O’Brien; Oisin Madden, Darragh Dillon; Calum Kirwan, Adam O’Shaughnessy, David Geoghegan; Jack Meaney, Alex Acton-Quinn; Brian Carr, Paddy Dowling; Charlie Grace.

Replacements: Michael Landers, Donnacha Colgan, Darragh Fogarty, Cian Hannon, Eoin Coughlan, Adam Burke, Paddy O’Driscoll, Tom Williams, Darragh Newman, Joesph Browne.