Schools Side Win In Ulster

The Munster Under 18s Schools side, sponsored by Trend Micro, produced a superb performance to beat Ulster 22-7 at the Kingspan Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The win was secured with tries from Colm Hogan, Glen Dickinson and Mark O’Mara with captain Bill Johnston kicking a penalty and two conversions.

Ulster shocked Munster with the opening try just 36 seconds in with the conversion giving the hosts a very early 7-0 lead.

Munster bounced back to lead by three points at the break, however, with Hogan getting his side off the mark with a try as Johnston added the conversion and a penalty before the interval.

Winger Dickinson scored Munster’s second try in the second half with Johnston kicking the conversion to put some daylight between the sides.

Hooker O’Mara sealed the win with the third try to seal a 22-7 win after an outstanding team performance. John Foley was the Munster man-of-the-match as he carried and tackled brilliantly throughout with the pack excelling in the scrum.

The Schools side have now won both of their games and finish the campaign at home to Leinster at CBC next Saturday (ko 2:30pm).

Munster Schools: Colm Hogan (Glenstal Abbey), Glen Dickinson (Crescent College), Calvin Nash (Crescent College), Alex McHenry (CBC, Cork), Billy O'Hora (Crescent College); Bill Johnston (Capt.) (Rockwell College), Jack Lyons (Crescent College); Joey Conway (Castletroy College), Mark O' Mara (Castletroy College), James Kendrick (Rockwell College); Kevin O' Leary (PBC, Cork), Gavin Coombes (Bandon Grammar); Jack O Sullivan (PBC Cork), Bailey Faloon (Crescent College), John Foley (St. Munchin's College).

Replacements: Ty Chan (Ardscoil Rís), Conor Beary (Rockwell College), Jack Tierney (Rockwell College), Ronan Coffey (Ardscoil Rís), Mike Casey (Rockwell College). Daryl Egan (Rockwell College). Jack Stafford (Glenstal Abbey), Jack O' Donnell (Ardscoil Rís).

Ulster Schools: Phil Hylands (Wallace HS); Jack Howard (Campbell College), Conor Kelly (Methodist College), Rory Butler (Campbell College), Robert Lyttle (Methodist College); Matthew McDowell (Ballyclare HS),
Jonathon Stewart (Wallace HS); Ben O'Reilly (Methodist College), Ben Pentland (Wallace HS), Philip Matthews (RS Armagh); Marcus Rea (Ballymena Academy), Fergus Jemphrey (Sullivan Upper); Jonny McKeown (Capt.) (Ballymena Academy), Daniel Coulter (Methodist College), Saul Herdman (Methodist College)

Replacements: Conor McEvoy (Sullivan Upper), Daniel Kealy (Campbell College), Aaron Kilpatrick (Methodist College), Richard McNeill (Banbridge Academy). Matthew Agnew (Bangor GS), Neil Kilpatrick (Wallace HS), Joel McBride (Belfast HS). Conor Field (RBAI)