Round Up | Schools Senior Cup Semi-Finals

Cork rivals CBC and PBC booked their places in the 2020 Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Senior Cup final this week to set-up a repeat of the 2019 final.

Watch both games in full over on the Munster Rugby YouTube channel.

CBC v Rockwell

Holders CBC defeated Rockwell College 22-10 in the first semi-final at Irish Independent Park to secure their spot in the final of the competition.

Rockwell claimed the first try of the match after winger Peter Wall went over in the corner.

CBC out-half Cian Whooley then chipped over the top before centre Jack Morehead touched down in the 12^th minute and George Coomber converted.

The Cork school extended their lead minutes later through Andrew O’Mahony who received a pass from Whooley to go over.

Coomber secured a brilliant conversion before adding a penalty ahead of the interval.

CBC’s Ronan O’Sullivan bustled over before Rockwell landed a final try courtesy of Tom Tobin in the final stages.

CBC: Johnny Murphy; Aaron Leahy, George Coomber, Jack Morehead. David Kiely; Cian Whooley, Andrew O Mahony; Alex O’Regan, Luke McAuliffe, Corey Hanlon; Robbie Kelleher, Jason Ahern; Patrick McBarron, Ronan O’Sullivan, Finn MacFhlannchacha.

Replacements: Sean Rall, Alan McDonald, Wanfred Waterman, Andrew Treacy, James Morrison, Conor Lavin, Mark O’Connor, Shane Buckley, James Moylan, Thomas McCarthy.

Rockwell: Joshua O’Dwyer; Peter Wall, Sam Tarleton, Alan Flannery, Tom Tobin; John O’Sullivan, Adam Maher; Dylan Foley, Dean Fanning, Matthew Burke; Luke Fogarty, Brian O’Dea; Cathal Kelly, Richard Anglim, Liam Shine.

Replacements: Cian Meaney, Cathal Ryan, Jamie Browne, Mikey Bergin, Kevin Grogan, Oisin Fagan, Ben McCarthy, Michael Mulligan, Henry Buttimer, Darius Achimugu.

Referee: Kieran Barry (MAR)

PBC v St Munchin’s

PBC defeated St Munchin’s College 33-10 in the second semi-final at Irish Independent Park to secure their place in the final.

It was Munchin’s who took the lead in the 15^th minute with a penalty from out-half Alexander Wood.

A loose pass in midfield led to Wood reacting quickly before racing over under the posts after 20 minutes. The out-half converted his own score.

Pres soon responded through Number 8 Alex Kendellen who crossed from close range following a penalty.

Sam O’Sullivan levelled the scores after selling a dummy to cross for PBC before Alex Walsh added the extras.

Kendellen secured his brace minutes into the second-half to extend his side’s lead as Walsh converted.

Pres pushed further in front with an individual score from Daniel Hurley and a try from fellow winger James Keohane before the final whistle. Walsh converted both.

PBC: Patrick Campbell; James Keohane, Darragh French, Daniel Squires, Daniel Hurley; Billy Kiernan, Alex Walsh; Billy Kingston, Ben Comiskey, Darragh McSweeney; Sam O’Sullivan, David O’Halloran; Jack Kelleher, John Forde, Alex Kendellen.

Replacements: Ross McAulliffe, Ciaran O’Connor, James McCarthy, Tom Gough, Mark Deane, Liam Ormond, Peter Hyland, Sean McLoughlin, Jacob O’Brien, Bevan Forde.

St Munchin’s: Daragh McDermott; Conor O’Shaughnessy, Seamus McCarthy Burbage, Darragh Long, James O’Brien; Alexander Wood, Donnacha O’Callaghan; Kieran Ryan, Jack Devanny, Craig Finn; Graham Kirwan, Louis McCormack; Joachim Clohessy, Evan Hickey, Liam Neilan.

Replacements: Gus Harrington, Nathan Walsh, Stephen Hayes, Jonathan Kelly, Kean Sheehy, Sean Nestor, Kieran Tracey, Conor O’Brien Comerford, Joshua Costello, Josh Egan.

Referee: Richard Horgan (MAR)

Crescent College Comprehensive and St Munchin’s booked their places in the Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Junior Cup semi-finals after pushing past Rockwell College and PBC respectively.

On Wednesday 4 March, Crescent will face CBC at Irish Independent Park while St Munchin’s take on Ardscoil Rís at Thomond Park, both at 2pm.