Rockwell College held on for an impressive Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Junior Cup win over Presentation Brothers College, beating the Cork men 16-13 in Musgrave Park.

Crescent Comprehensive launched their bid for a second Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Junior Cup title in four years at Thomond Park today but were fully extended by a well drilled Glenstal Abbey side before emerging worthy 15-5 winners.

St Clement’s College 20 Glenstal Abbey 17

PBC Cork 48 Ard Scoil Ris 3... Presentation Brothers College Cork will be included in the quarter-final draw of the Clayton Hotels Munster Schools junior cup after a facile win over Ard Scoil Ris at Musgrave Park today.

CBC Cork 15 PBC Cork 0: After a 15-15 draw in their first meeting, Christian Brothers College produced the goods to deservedly advance to the final of the Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Junior Cup at the expense of local rivals Presentation College at Musgrave Park yesterday.

CBC ...15, PBC ... 0: Two second half tries from CBC winger Aaron Leahy proved totally decisive as his side earned themselves a deserved place in the final of the Clayton Munster Schools Junior Cup replay win over old rivals at Musgrave Park today.

Presentation Brothers College, Cork, and Christian Brothers College, Cork, supporters cheered on their teams with gusto today.

Crescent Comprehensive 19, Castletroy College 5: Holders Crescent qualified for the St Patricks Day final at Thomond Park when they scored a well deserved 19-5 victory over Castletroy College in the Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Junior Cup at  UL. 

PBC Cork 19

Rockwell 5 Crescent 21: Holders Crescent remain on course for another crack at the Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Junior Cup after beating Rockwell 21-5 in yesterday’s quarter-final at Clanwilliam Park, Tipperary.

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Update - 7.56pm: The players who received treatment following this incident have now been released form hospital and are making their way home to Limerick. 

Ardscoil Rís 17 PBC 23: Presentation Brothers recovered in style from a jittery start to beat Ardscoil Rís 23-17 in a highly entertaining first round Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Junior Cup game at Dooradoyle yesterday.

The late Anthony Foley is remembered by a former St Munchin’s rugby coach, Pat Cross, for his “outstanding” performance in the 1992 Munster Schools Senior Cup semi-final against a much-vaunted Christian Brothers College side.

Crescent CC Limerick 17 CBC Cork 7: Three years of disappointment ended for patient Crescent College Comprehensive when they finally garnered a seventh Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Junior Cup title in yesterday’s final replay over battling Christian Brothers College, Cork, at Thomond Park.

Munster Schools Junior Cup 

Martin O’Sullivan was born in Sligo but lived and played his teenage rugby in Limerick with St Munchin’s College and Bohemians. 

Rugby is mourning another of its finest sons as Ireland, Munster and Lions star Jim McCarthy died yesterday, aged 90.

Christian Brothers College Cork 22 Crescent College Comprehensive 10:

Presentation Brothers College Cork may be favourites to advance from today’s Seat Munster Schools Junior Cup quarter final clash with Glenstal Abbey, but they are not taking anything for granted.

Munster Schools Junior Cup: Castletroy 26 St Munchins 21

Munster Junior Cup: Presentation Brothers College flanker Cian Fitzgerald must be breaking some kind of schools record at the Mardyke today when he lines out in the Munster Schools Junior Cup clash with Castletroy College (kick-off 3pm).

MUNSTER SCHOOLS' JUNIOR CUP SEMI-FINAL:

Ardscoil Rís go in search of a rare Avonmore Supermilk Munster Schools Junior Cup title when they take on specialists Christian Brothers College, Cork, in an eagerly-awaited decider at Musgrave Park today (3pm).

MIKE SHERRY reels off all the names he must leapfrog to achieve his ultimate ambition of becoming Ireland’s first choice hooker.

CRESCENT COLLEGE Comprehensive are one game away from retaining the Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Junior Cup after recording a fully-merited 22-6 semi-final win over Glenstal Abbey at Clanwilliam Park.

CRESCENT made a winning start to their Avonmore Munster Schools Junior Cup title defence at Rosbrien yesterday.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

CHRISTIAN Brothers College found the formula for victory in the second half of this hotly disputed Avonmore Munster Schools Junior Cup tie at Clanwilliam yesterday.

A SPLENDIDLY-TAKEN try by second row Brian Mulcair in the 38th minute was the difference between the sides in this Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Junior Cup quarter-final replay played at Dooradoyle yesterday.

STEVEN DINAN emerged as the PBC hero when his beautifully-arced injury-time conversion earned his side a replay after a splendid Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Junior Cup semi-final at Temple Hill yesterday.

MUNSTER fans in the Stade de Sapiac this afternoon and those watching on television will need to take a second look when the Munster guy with the number one on his back trots out this afternoon for the Heineken Cup clash with Montauban.

Glenstal Abbey 10 Rockwell College 3

IT WAS the breakthrough this relatively new Limerick school dared dream of a year ago when they reached a first Avonmore Munster Schools Junior Cup final, only to have their hopes shattered by PBC.

IT is 10 years, more or less to the day, since Declan Kidney was first appointed coach of the Munster rugby team. He only got the job because the initial appointee, Welshman John Bevan, accepted it and then turned it down on seeing the turmoil that professionalism and the advent of the European Cup was creating in Irish rugby.