Munster U18 Schools Set For 100th Game Against Leinster

The U18 Schools side play their final Interprovincial fixture tomorrow when they take on their Leinster counterparts in Musgrave Park, ko 2pm.

With the 100th game in store at this level, Munster will be looking to overcome their Ulster and Connacht defeats in a bid to end their Interprovincial campaign on a high tomorrow afternoon.

It is fitting the game is in Cork as it played host to the very first Munster v Leinster Schools Interprovincial match on March 18th 1899, the venue then being Turners Cross.

Leinster were successful in that opening game, defeating Munster 6 -3, and the balance is currently in their favour with 58 victories. Munster have recorded 31 wins and there have been 10 draws to date.

Munster U18 Schools: Stephen Dinan (PBC), Paul O’Sullivan (Crescent College Comprehensive), Seamus Glynn (PBC), Rory Scannall (PBC), Cormac Murphy (St Munchin’s College), Darragh McNamara (CBC), Charlie O’Regan (CBC), Cian O’Donnell (Rockwell College), Brian Scott (PBC), Niall Horan (Crescent Comprehensive College), Evan Ryan (St. Munchin’s College), Sean McCarthy (Rockwell College), Gavin Ryan (St. Munchin’s College), Darren Ryan (St. Munchin’s College), Ryan Murphy Capt. (PBC) Replacements: Daniel Montgomery (St. Munchin’s College), David Canny (Ard Scoil Ris), Will Foley (PBC), Dean O’Nolan (CBC), Brian Haugh (Rockwell College), Ryan Foley (CBC), Cillian Kiely (Rockwell College).

Munster U18 Schools Management:
Coach:Mike Lynch
Asst. Coaches:John Staunton and Colm McMahon
Manager:David Quilter
Fitness/Conditioning: Joe McKinley and John Harman
Physio: Frances Mulcahy
Kitman: Joe Sheehan

Leinster U18 Schools: Jack Fitzpatrick (Gonzaga College SJ), Michael Mellett (Castleknock College), Conor McEllin (Blackrock College), Rory Kavanagh (St. Michael’s College), Mark Roche (Blackrock College), Steve Crosbie (St. Gerard’s School), Luke McGrath Capt. (St. Michael’s College), Edward Byrne (Clongowes Wood College SJ), Bryan Byrne (Clongowes Wood College SJ), Adam Boland (Blackrock College), Jerry Sexton (St. Mary’s College), Gavin Thornbury (Blackrock College), Conor Kilcoyne (Blackrock College), Dan Leavy (St. Michael’s College), Luke Satchwell (The King’s Hospital) Replacements: Ken Murphy (Pres. Bray), John Conroy (Belvedere College SJ), Colin Grant (Newbridge College), Jack O’Neill (Castleknock College), Ben Howard (CBC Monkstown), Mark Rogers (CBC Monkstown), David Shanahan (Belvedere College SJ)