Clayton Hotel Munster Schools Senior Cup First Round

There were wins for both Rockwell and Ardscoil Rís in the opening games in the Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Senior Cup as their opponents High School CBS and Glenstal Abbey make their exit from the competition.

At the Markets Field, Ardscoil Rís overcame Glenstal Abbey 27-10.

Glenstal took the lead with a penalty from Taylor Gleeson after eight minutes. Alex O’Halloran tied the scores with a penalty in the 14th minute.

Tries from O’Halloran which he also converted and one by Jack Ward Murphy saw Ardscoil race into a 15-3 lead after twenty five minutes.

A well worked try by Darragh Hanly converted by Gleeson closed the gap to five points but a try by Ben McEnery gave Ardscoil a 20-10 interval lead.

Captain John Moloney scored Ardscoil’s fourth try which he also converted on fifty three minutes to give his side a 27-10 victory.

Ardscoil will now face St. Munchin’s in the next round but it is season over for Glenstal.

Ardscoil Rís: Cian Casey; Eoghan Collins, Killian Dineen, Alex O’Halloran, Lochlainn O’Keefe; John Moloney, Ian Leonard; Alex Long, James White, Feidhlim Barry; Cian O’Reilly, James Hourigan; David O’Loughlin, Ben McEnery, Jack Ward Murphy.

Replacements: Darragh Dineen, Josh Moore, Cillian O’Brien, Oran O’Reilly, Adam Kennedy, Eoghan Ryan, Rory Desmond, Paddy Hassett, Alexander Keyes, Darragh Shine.

Glenstal Abbey: Taylor Gleeson; Timmy Connolly, Aidan Booth, William Twomey, Darragh Hanly; Michael Buckley, Harry Swan; Donagh Hyland, Matthew Cannon, Tom Rooney; Conor O’Shea, Nicholas Ash; Angus McDonald, Stefan Caulfield-Dreier, Daragh Butler.

Replacements: Dermott Hughes, Iarlaith O’Reilly, Seamus Kerrisk, Peter Fahy, Ivor Larkin, Ben Shippam, Ian Larkin, James Shields, Ruairi Woodcock, Patrick Johnson.

Rockwell were 66-0 winners over High School CBS (Clonmel) at Irish Independent Park.

The winners ran in ten tries but in fairness High School kept battling until the finish but got no reward for their efforts.

Adam Maher intercepted a pass following a High School lineout to score after just two minutes and John O’Sullivan converted.

Again on 16 minutes Maher intercepted another pass following a line out in High School’s half, he raced into the 22 and sent prop Matthew Burke in for a try. Peter Wall and Joshua O’Dwyer then added two tries each with O’Sullivan adding four more conversions to leave Rockwell well in front at half-time.

Burke added his second try with O’Sullivan converting three minutes after the break and substitutes Kevin Grogan and Ben McCarthy were on the score sheet shortly after.

O’Dwyer scored his third try and two further conversions by O’Sullivan completed the scoring.

High School were on the attack for the final ten minutes but could not breach a solid Rockwell defence who will now face Bandon Grammar School in Round Two.

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, Jamie Browne, Jack Heffernan, Mikey Bergin, Kevin Grogan, Oisin Fagan, Ben McCarthy, Michael Mulligan, Henry Buttimer, Robert Wall.

High School CBS: Aidan Hickey; Rowan McDonald, Emre Yasar, Jack O’Loughlin, Zach Cahalane; James Morris, Ross Slattery; Tim Nugent, Liam Ryan, Conall Ryan; Kian Lonergan, Joshua Dolan; Cian Walsh, Brandon Delicato, Oran Ryan.

Replacements: Taine Walters, John Askins, Dylan Olney, Rian McCormack, Michael Dillon, Lekan Oki, Eoghan Ryan, Shane Ryan, Cormac McNamara, Stephen O’Leary.

Referee: Paudie Sheehan (MAR).