Castletroy College bow out of Munster Schools Junior Cup with defeat to CBC

CASTLETROY College bowed out of the Munster Schools Boys Junior Cup at the quarter-final stage following an 18-5 loss to CBC, of Cork, at Thomond Park this Tuesday.

 The Newtown school were unlucky to be 8-0 down at half time, but maintained hopes of producing a comeback in the final quarter after Aryan Brazys try. However, CBC’s second try of the game ended Castletroy’s chances of advancing to the semi-final stage.

Castletroy enjoyed a large amount of territory in the opening quarter, but were shut out by a tigerish defensive effort from the Cork school.

Strong carries from the likes of Conor Ryan and Andrew O’Connor had put Castletroy on the front foot only for a combination of a couple of handling errors and the reolute CBC defence keeping them out.

On the other hand, CBC were clinical when entering the Castletroy ’22 with Harry Quinlan’s penalty opening the scoring on 18 minutes.

CBC were on the attack again moments later and it was James Earle that got the opening try in the right corner after slick hands from the Cork side. That score saw them 8-0 up at the break.

Quinlan was on the mark in the early stages of the second half from the kicking tee for CBC, before Bryazys gave hope of a comeback.

However, that was short lived as Earle’s second try of the game, added by Quinlan’s conversion, saw CBC run out victorious on an 18-5 scoreline.

CASTLETROY COLLEGE: Rory O’Dwyer; Harry Ferte, Rory Devine, Jerry Prendergast, Dannan Glynn; Cian Sheehan, Cian Brown; Michael Hickey, Aryan Brazys, Jay Walsh; Oran Ryan, Kasper Belieki; Andrew O’Connor, Charlie Hogan, Conor Ryan. Replacements: Harry Kett, James Berkery, Ronan McInerney, Paddy Forde, Calum McDermott, Jakub Michaelcz, Tommy Fogarty, Tom Cunneen, Dylan Casey, Hugh D’Arcy.

CBC: Hugh Downey; Mazx O’Riordan, Rossa Kinirons, Shea Lynch, Sean Riordan; Harry Quinlan, Tiernan Murphy; Christian Murphy, Jack Punch, Daniel Field; Harry Loftus, Alex Maher; Louis Carroll, Cormac McCabe, Ruadhri McElwain. Replacements: Dalton Caren, Luke Daly, Cathal Coyne, Michael Keane, Ciaran Kelly, Harry Lowry-Machie, Mike Murphy, James Earle, Reuben Ring, Jack Twomey.

REFEREE: John Purcell (MAR)