Weekend Junior Rugby Round-Up

Charleville and Dungarvan will contest this season’s Martin O’Sullivan Cup Final and a major shock in the Junior Clubs Challenge Cup as Newcastle West’s unbeaten run comes to an end.

Probably with an eye on next week’s All Ireland Junior Cup quarter final tie at home to Dundalk, Newcastle West travelled to Cobh with a weakened side and were surprisingly beaten by Cobh Pirates 28-14.

In a closely fought opening half, a try, conversion and a penalty by Eoin Geary gave the Pirates a 10-7 half time lead. Sean McAuliffe scored a try for the visitors and Dave Foley converted. Tom Rice and Greg Higgins added further tries for Cobh and Geary kicked a conversion and two penalties. McAuliffe replied with a second try for Newcastle West and Foley again converted.

Clonmel were deserving 28-0 away winners at Tralee. Tries on 10 and 35 minutes by Luke Hogan, both converted by Dylan Cadogan, had Clonmel 14-0 ahead at the interval. Darragh Foley added a third try on 65 minutes and Luke Hogan completed his hat trick with a try five minutes from time. Cadogan converted both.

Skibbereen booked their semi final spot with a 21-16 home win over Old Christians. Dave Jennings and Dave Shannon scored tries for Skibbereen and Ger Hurley kicked a conversion and three penalties. Paddy Naughton and Alan O’Connell replied with tries for the visitors, Donogh Murnane added a drop goal and Sean Meaney kicked a penalty.

Kilfeacle had to withstand a second half comeback by St. Senan’s before booking their place in the last four on a 22-18 scoreline. Tries by Dave Kiersey and Danny Lamb and two conversions and a penalty by Darren Lowry had Kilfeacle 17-7 ahead at half time. Pa Ryan scored the Clare side’s try and Ger McNamara added a conversion. Pat Ryan got a third try for Kilfeacle and Senan’s responded with a try from Dave Webb and two penalties from McNamara.

There were no shocks in the Junior Clubs Challenge Shield with Bandon, Clanwilliam and Thurles all recording big wins.

Bandon travelled to Ennis and defeated the home side 47-7. They scored seven tries with Sean Óg Murphy (2), Darragh Coffey, Jack Murphy Gearoid Crowley, Aidan Slattery and Kevin Broderick being their try scorers and Richard Walsh converted six of the tries. Tom Linehan replied with a try for Ennis which Sean Hayes converted.

Clanwilliam defeated Abbeyfeale 53-8. Bryan O’Rahelly, Andrew Ryan, Kieran Merrigan, John Richardson, Sean Maher, David Kenehan, Vivian Grisewood and Pauric Ryan were the try scorers and Brian Kissane kicked five conversions and a penalty. Philip Collins replied with a try for Abbeyfeale and Tom Hassett kicked a penalty.

Thurles recorded a 59-0 away win over Youghal. John Coman, Eoghan Dwyer, Shane Moloney, Peter Coman, Donnacha Duggan, Adrian Burke, Gerry McCormack and Aidan Dwyer were try scorers for Thurles and Eoghan Dwyer kicked eight conversions and a penalty.

Mallow had a19-13 away win over Waterford City. Conor O’Donovan and Michael Flynn and a Flynn conversion had Mallow 12-6 ahead at half time. Michael Hayes kicked two penalties for the home side. Aidan Twomey scored a try after the break which Flynn converted for Mallow and Waterford replied with a try from Ryan Phillips which Hayes converted.

Charleville had a 25-13 away win at Fermoy to book their place in the final of the Martin O’Sullivan Cup. A try from Eoin McMahon and two penalties by Shane Corkery had the visitors 11-3 ahead at half time; Mike Sweeney kicked a penalty for Fermoy. McMahon added two more tries after the break and Corkery converted both. Anthony Coady and Peter Stapleton replied with tries for the home side.

Dungarvan defeated Scariff 17-10. There was no score in the opening half but tries from Matt Rabille and Martin Hourihan and a conversion each from Dave Hickey and Seamus Keating and a Keating penalty earned Dungarvan their place in the decider. Ger Burke scored a try for Scariff, Conor Moloney converted and Conor McNamara added a drop goal.

The semi final line up for the Munster Junior Clubs Challenge Cup is Clonmel v Kilfeacle and Cobh Pirates v Skibbereen. The pairings in the Shield are Bandon v Thurles and Mallow v Clanwilliam. All these ties will be played on the 21^st December.

Cobh Pirates had an easy 47-7 away win over Muskerry in the Junior 2 League South where Conor Farrell, Cian Connolly, Conor Ronan and Ian Jones were their try scorers.

RESULTS:
Munster Junior Clubs Challenge Cup Quarter Finals: Tralee 0, Clonmel 28;
Kilfeacle 22, St. Senan's 18;
Cobh Pirates 28, Newcastle West 14;
Skibbereen 21, Old Christians 16;

Munster Junior Clubs Challenge Shield Quarter Finals: Waterford City 13, Mallow 19;
Clanwilliam 53, Abbeyfeale 8;
Ennis 7, Bandon 47;
Youghal 0, Thurles 59;

Martin O'Sullivan Cup Semi Finals: Fermoy 13, Charleville 25;
Scariff 10, Dungarvan 17;

Junior 2 League South: Muskerry 7, Cobh Pirates 47;
Waterpark 42, Cashel 10;

Junior 3 League South: Charleville 15, Midleton 35;

Under 20 Donal Walsh Trophy Section A: Dolphin 19, Clonakilty-Kinsale 33;
Kanturk-Charleville 80, WIT-Waterpark 7;

Under 20 Friendly: Highfield 20, cork Constitution 29;

Schools Friendly: C.B.C. 28, Clongowes 10;

East Under 18 League Group B: Cashel 8, Waterpark 14;

North Under 15 League: Ennis 17, Newcastle West 7;

South Under 18 League Group B: Clonakilty 32, Midleton 5;
Dolphin 35, Skibbereen 14;

South Under 16 League Group A: Highfield 5, Kanturk 9;

Group B: Sunday's Well 12, Clonakilty 29;

Under 16 Development League: Douglas-Carrigaline 14, Midleton 10;
Dunmanway 19, Charleville 17;
Fermoy 12, Cobh Pirates 19;

South Under 14 League Section A: Bantry Bay 14, Ballincollig 17;
Clonakilty 29, Muskerry 5;
Highfield 5, Bandon 24;
Kinsale 5, Skibbereen 15;

Section B: Kanturk 10, Fermoy 10;
Old Christians 20, Mallow 0;
Sunday's Well 31, Charleville 7;
Youghal 22, Cork Constitution 37;

Womens AIL Division 2 South: Fermoy 15, Shannon 19;
St. Senan's 12, Ballincollig 7;