RUGBY: Last year’s Leinster Schools’ Senior Cup finalists Clongowes Wood College made a stunning start to their campaign at Donnybrook yesterday, beating Castleknock College, amassing 12 tries.
Clongowes had hat-tricks from outstanding flanker Will Connors and Colm Mulcahy, while a runaway five-pointer from centre Marc Boucher offered some solace to Castleknock.
Scorers Clongowes Wood: C Mulcahy 4 tries, W Connors 3 tries, N Rinklin, D Mongey, C Murray, M Silvester, D O’Leary try each, J Glynn 4 cons, J Lappin con.
Scorers Castleknock College: M Boucher try, G Brookes pen.
CLONGOWES WOOD COLLEGE: M Silvester; J Lappin, C Mulcahy, M McDermott, C Murray; J Glynn, R Osborne; N Rinklin, J Molony, C Carroll; D O’Mahoney, T Burke; W Connors, D Mongey, S McCrohan.
Replacements: P Nulty for McCrohan (25-35 & 49), E Carroll for C Carroll (49), T Monaghan for Osborne (57), H McDermott for Molony (59), J Murphy for Glynn, F Madden for Murray, D O’Leary for Rinklin (all 65).
CASTLEKNOCK COLLEGE: P Murtagh; R O’Meara, M Boucher, S Gibbons, D McConville; A Chester, O O’Donoghue; G Brookes, J Gibney, J Kelligan; J Horgan, C Stinson; R McHugh, B M’Uazzam, C Birmingham.
Replacements: A Hobson for Murtagh, C Keogh for Kelligan, A Healy for Birmingham (all h-t), D Ladd for Chester (39), Z Emara for Gibney (57), C Maher for Horgan (67).
Daire Walsh