Slick Belvedere end Roscrea’s cup hopes
Rugby
Leinster Senior Cup
Belvedere College 34
Cistercian College Roscrea 19
Daire Walsh
Cistercian College Roscrea crashed out of the Leinster Schools Senior Cup at the hands of Belvedere College at Donnybrook yesterday.
After fly-half Justin Leonard split the uprights off an early penalty, Cailean Mulvaney and Matthew Grogan crossed over in spectacular fashion, earning Belvo a 13-0 cushion in 10 minutes.
Roscrea fired back with a Diarmuid Kilgallen try but Belvo full-back Rory Dwyer touched down underneath the posts. Leonard hit two conversions and a clinical Alekseiy Soroka finish gave Belvo a 27-5 interval cushion.
Roscrea’s Kilgallen got a second try on 53 minutes.
Billy Foley converted but Aaron Coleman’s try killed any fight-back despite a late Roscrea try from Bill Burns.
Scorers for Belvedere College: C Mulvaney, M Grogan, R Dwyer, A Soroka, A Coleman try each, J Leonard pen, 3 cons.
Scorers for Cistercian College Roscrea: D Kilgallon 2 tries, B Burns try, B Foley 2 cons.
BELVEDERE COLLEGE: R Dwyer; D O’Grady, C Mulvaney, J Meagher, M Grogan; J Leonard, P Lysaght; H Flood, A Synnott, C Cagney; A Soroka, J Jones; C Kelly, E Rutledge, A Coleman.
Replacements: C Rogers for Mulvaney (h-t), B Jennings for Rutledge (48), J MacNiece for Lysaght (55), C Yalloway for Jones, M Galinski for Flood (all 55), D Hawkshaw for Grogan (61), J Sargent for Synnott (62), J Ross for Kelly (65).
CISTERCIAN COLLEGE ROSCREA: D Keane; S Mallon, D Kilgallen, B Foley, B Murphy; D Tynan, J Matthews; J Cahir, R Loughnane, J Egan; L Culliton, D Loughnane; O McCloskey, G Meagher, J Cronin.
Replacements: A Dunne for Keane (8), J McKeon for Egan (40), M Fallon for D Loughnane (44), Z Whelehan for Mallon, C Bird for Matthews, B Burns for McCloskey (all 58), S Connolly for Cahir, C Power for R Loughnane (both 65).
Referee: D Blake (LRR).