St Munchin's Munster Schools Senior Cup hopes dashed by PBC in semi-final

ST MUNCHIN'S College suffered a disappointing 45-12 defeat to PBC, of Cork, in their Pinergy Munster Schools Senior Cup semi-final at Virgin Media Park on Wednesday afternoon.

St Munchin's were facing an uphill battle at the mid-point of the well-attended semi-final when trailing 5-33 after their Cork opponents racked up five first half tries.

The game was highly competitive early on with hooker Adam O'Shughnessy scoring a fine try for the Corbally students off a well-executed maul to leave just two points between the sides, 7-5, after seven minutes.

St Munchin's had booked their place in the semi-finals thanks to an impressive 34-17 quarter-final win over Bandon Grammar School at UL North Campus.

An impressive Pres' side tightened their grip on the semi-final in the second half, adding another try to move 38-5 in front.

To their credit, St Munchin's hit back with the next score mid-way through the second half when captain Oisin Minogue dotted down, with Tom Wood adding the conversion for 38-12.

A clinical PBC side were not going to be denied, however, and a late converted try stretched their margin of victory out further.

PBC will now face local rivals CBC in next month's Pinergy Munster Schools Senior Cup final.

ST MUNCHIN'S COLLEGE Matthew Te Pou; Ben O’Mahony, Adam Cusack, Danny Williamson, Gearoid O’Brien; Tom Wood, Rory McDermott; Peter Dougan, Adam O’Shaughnessy, Oskars Vitolins; Anthony Foley, Callum Black, Tommy O’Driscoll, Charlie Grace, Oisin Minogue (c). Replacements: David Geoghegan, Eoin O’Callaghan, Donnacha Colgan, Darragh Fogarty, Billy Power, Jarrod Arenhold, Adam McGlynn, Alex Quinn, Cathal Glynn, Brendan Minogue.

PBC: Deckie Fitzgerald; Neville O’Leary, Gene O’Leary Kareem (c), James O’Leary, John Wigginton Barrett; Harry Murphy, Liam Tuohy; Maurice Minogue, Padraig Doyle, William Cronin; Daniel Foley, Denis Murphy; Oscar Squires, Cormac Bohan, Alexander Alderson. Replacements: Rio McLoughlin Barry, Fionn O’Sullivan, Diarmuid Sheehy, George O’Keeffe, Charlie Donnelly, Frankie Óg Sheahan, Mark Hetherington, Luke Sisk O’Mahony, Rickey Barrett, Evan O’Dowd.