Eager to lay down a marker at the Donnybrook venue, Roscrea broke the deadlock in the fifth-minute when Kealan Dunne released Deegan’s midfield partner Rob Carney for the opening try of the contest. While their Wicklow counterparts got up and running moments later with a successful penalty from Daniel Moraghan, the school from the Offaly-Tipperary border subsequently assumed full control of the proceedings.

Courtesy of unanswered tries by Deegan, Carney (his second), Eoin Naughton and Fionn Higgins, Roscrea brought an insurmountable 33-3 cushion into the interval.

The 2015 champions continued to dictate the play on the resumption and scrum-half Fionn Carney added a sixth try that was supplemented by a fifth conversion from the boot of Deegan.

To their credit, Pres Bray did improve as the play progressed and lively replacement Luca Nolan bagged a brace of tries for the Putland Road outfit.

Yet Cistercian College Roscrea were determined to have the final say and a converted try from full-back Sam Cusack helped them to round off the scoring in clinical style.

Scorers for Cistercian College Roscrea: Tries: R Carney 2, J Deegan, E Naughton, F Higgins, F Carney, S Cusack. Cons: J Deegan 6.

Scorers for Presentation College Bray: Tries: L Nolan 2. Cons: D Moraghan. Pens: D Moraghan.

CISTERCIAN COLLEGE ROSCREA: S Cusack; K Dunne (H Finlay 51), R Carney, J Deegan (R Sullivan 64), F Higgins; A Moloney, F Carney; O Doody (W Powell 64), E Naughton (R O’Neill 63), H Maher (A Carroll 64); J Walsh, J Finn (A Kinsella Garcia 63); S Killeen (51), E Brophy, W Hayes (J Miller 51).

PRESENTATION COLLEGE BRAY: R O’Boyle; J Brandon (C James 67), L Mooney, A McDonald (L Nolan 48), F Kelly (P Doyle 67); D Moraghan, S McDonald; H Graham (D Corrigan 48), M Lawless, S Gillespie; A O’Dowd (R Hayes 23), M McGovern; D Jordan, B O’Reilly-Rhodes (E Croysdill 32), R Wrafter.

Referee: E Lyons (LRR).