Limerick's Young Munster chase three-in-a-row of Munster Senior Cup wins

HOLDERS Young Munster will take on first time finalists Nenagh Ormond in the showpiece Munster Senior Cup final on this Thursday, March 16 at Thomond Park at 7.30pm.

Munsters', who will be appearing in their fourth successive final, defeated Cork Constitution 19-13 in the semi-final to book their place in the decider.

Nenagh Ormond became the first Tipperary side to reach the final when scoring a comfortable 28-5 home win over Highfield in their semi-final.

Reigning champions Young Munster will be looking to make it three-in-a-row of Munster Senior Cup wins this Thursday night.
Munsters' go into the game sitting in fourth place in the All-Ireland League Division 1A table, five points clear of fifth-placed Ballynahinch with now three games to go in the regular season.

Munsters' scored a 15-10 win over Lansdowne on the back pitch at the Aviva Stadium last time out.

Meanwhile, Thursday night's Munster Senior Cup final opponents, Nenagh Ormond, have enjoyed an excellent season to date in Division 2A of the AIL.

The North Tipperary side sit in second place in the table, with 10 wins and a draw from their 15 league fixtures to date. Just two points behind 2A leaders Queen's University, Nenagh are well in the hunt to secure automatic promotion to Division 1B for next season. Just three points separate the top four sides in Division 2A of the AIL.

Thursday's final will have a unique element with the two clubs contesting the final having female presidents. For Young Munster, Trish Montgomery is the first female president of the club while for Nenagh, Theresa Hassey's tenure is the second time the Tipperary club have had a female president.

“I never made a big deal about being involved in rugby as a woman because it’s something that has never occurred to me,” Trish Montgomery says.

“When I was asked to go for the junior vice-president to begin with, I hummed and hawed for a while and said yeah.

“What I loved about it was meeting teams at the pre matches, meeting the other officials from the other clubs. Down through the years, I know people from every club that we play and it’s really nice to reconnect with them because at the end of the day we’re all the same.”

“It’s very similar,” Theresa said. “It was never a focus that we have a woman president or we have a lady president. That never came into it, it was just ‘you’re the right person for it and we want you to do it.’ I was looking at our centenary book, we were founded in 1884."