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Crescent out-half Ryan Godfrey in action against Bandon at Thomond Park. Picture Adrian Butler.
CRESCENT College Comprehensive booked their spot in the Pinergy Munster Schools Senior Cup quarter final with a 36-29 win over Bandon Grammer School at Thomond Park.
Four second half tries saw the Dooradoyle school earn a victory over their Cork opponents after a very even opening 35 minutes.
Bandon made all the running early on and deservedly went in front eight minutes through a polished Conor Ryan try but Crescent responded through Fionn Casserly. A penalty each then saw the half time score at 8-8.
Crescent took the lead for the first time 12 seconds into the second half when Bandon failed to deal with the kick-off with number 8 and captain Cillian Kelly taking advantage to power over for the try that Eoin O'Callaghan converted.
However, Bandon responded immediately through Calem Harte. Peter Symington then nailed a superb conversion to level the game at 15-15.
Crescent regrouped and were soon back in the ascendancy when Marcus Lyons sniped under the posts for a third try that O'Callaghan converted.
A fourth try then followed courtesy of Andrew Ahearne. Again, O'Callaghan nailed the resultant kick to put Crescent 29-15 in front.
Bandon responded with a Conor Ryan but his namesake came off the bench for Crescent with their fifth try that O'Callaghan converted. Bandon's Conor Ryan bagged his hat-trick late on but Crescent held on for the win.
CRESCENT COLLEGE COMPREHENSIVE: Jed O'Dwyer; Eoin O'Callaghan, Joe McEnery, Ben Gallagher, Evan Cusack; Ryan Godfrey, Marcus Lyons; Mark Fitzgerald, Conor Clery, Cathal Lanigan-Ryan; Jack Somers, Sean Magee; Fionn Casserly, Andrew Ahearne, Cillian Kelly.
REPLACEMENTS: Jonathan Byrne, Alex McNamara, Denis O'Dwyer, Conor Ryan, Jordan Power, Charlie Fenton, Cormac Quinn, Michael O'Mara, Evan Bennett, Sean Morrissey.
BANDON GRAMMER SCHOOL: Rory O'Brien; Calem Harte, Aaron O'Reilly, Barry Spearman, Conor Ryan; Peter Symington, Paddy Gaffney; Fionn O'Neill, Marcus Kelly, Anthony Cleary-Zurek; Rory O'Callaghan, Jack Connolly; Liam Prior, Conor Miskella, Shadrach Nnamani,
REPLACEMENTS: Max Tubb, Jonah D'Alton, Karl O'Reagan, Cash Healy, Max McQuiston, Conal O'Sullivan, Rory Golden, Adam Hutchinson, Robert Kingston, Zach Canniffe.
REFEREE: John Lillis.
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