St Mary’s dish out tough lesson
St Mary’s College 24
Newbridge College 7
Daire Walsh
Donnybrook
Leinster Schools Senior Cup
Ruairi Shields, Niall McEniff and Adam McEvoy contributed second-half tries at Donnybrook yesterday, as St Mary’s College comprehensively defeated Newbridge College in the first round of the Leinster Schools’ Senior Cup. Mary’s had dominated possession during the first-half, and even though Leinster U19 star Patrick Ryan was in excellent form for Newbridge, a determined Mary’s eventually opened the scoring in the 29th-minute.
A neat off-load by fly-half Tom Murray put Conway through for a try in the right-corner, and courtesy of a stunning conversion by Shields, the south Dubliners were 7-0 in front at the break.
This prove to be a major tonic for Mary’s (who include former Munster player Johne Murphy amongst their coaching team), and thanks to quickfire tries from Shields and McEniff, they opened up a sizeable gap.
After much persistence a fourth Mary’s try arrived through replacement scrum-half McEvoy, before Newbridge gained some solace in the form of a consolation score by winger Kevin Kyne in the final minute of the contest.
Scorers for St Mary’s College: R Shields try, 2 cons, H Conway, N McEniff, A McEvoy try each.
Scorers for Newbridge College: K Kyne try, L Maloney con.
ST MARY’S COLLEGE: E Byrne; H Conway, C Kennedy, M Carey, R Shields; T Murray, D McDonagh; N McEniff, R Bergin, J Coolican; C McElearney, L Corcoran; S Heeran, H McSweeney, R Watters.
Replacements: G O’Brien, C O’Meara, G Hassett, I Wickham, N Hurley, A McEvoy, B MacMahon, A Dix.
NEWBRIDGE COLLEGE: T Connolly; J Deane, K Fitzgerald, D Ryan, K Kyne; B Caulfield, L Maloney; B Howlett, R Wynne, N Stapleton; TH Kelly, D Morrissey; C Prendergast, H O’Neill, P Ryan.
Replacements: J Peacock, L Kelly, D Doyle, O Halpin, P O’Brien, E Conroy, E Dowling, C Murphy.
Referee: B McNiece (LRR).