Bandon Grammar School 17, St Munchin’s College 13: Bandon Grammar School created their own special piece of history on a wet and windy afternoon at Bandon RFC yesterday when they advanced to the Clayton Hotels Munster Senior Schools Cup semi-final for the first time.

Rugby dreams for Conor Murray began on a Derrynane beach, a summer cocktail of soccer, Gaelic football, tennis and on Saturday mornings, a platoon of kids spilling onto the sand to play tip rugby after watching the Tri-Nations, writes Brendan O’Brien    

Denis Leamy believes Ireland haven’t looked “at peace with themselves” during this Six Nations campaign amid a combination of trying circumstances and managerial mistakes.

Mungret Cup winners Midleton College face a daunting task in today’s Munster Senior Schools Cup preliminary round at Towns Park (2.30pm).

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Munster Rugby could be set for a legal battle over plans to introduce a one-year qualifying period before newly enrolled students can play in the Munster Schools Senior Cup.

It is an issue that is currently dividing rugby folk across Munster and threatens to surface across Ireland but there are plenty of solutions to the issue of Munster Senior Schools Cup contenders recruiting players at the expense of rival schools, clubs and inter-provincial youth teams.

The joyful scenes that greeted Rockwell’s 25th Munster Senior Schools Cup victory at Thomond Park yesterday had as much to do with relief as the realisation they had secured their first back-to-back trophies in over 50 years.

OSTENSIBLY a clash between Cork and Dublin clubs, this Ulster Bank League showdown instead had all the ingredients of a local derby — mates locking horns, not much in it on the scoreboard and technique sacrificed for passion.

JAMES COUGHLAN was last night named Player of the Year at the Munster Rugby Awards, in association with the Irish Examiner.

SCHOOLS rugby stereotypes? Alongside a colourful terrace culture and visible agony and ecstasy at the final whistle, you’ll find cagey, no-risk, win-at-all-costs rugby.

THEY like their barnstorming number eights in Rockwell College, and Luke Cahill appears to have all the weaponry in his arsenal to follow in the footsteps of Denis Leamy and Paddy Butler.

LEADING jeweller Gerard Keane could be forgiven for keeping one eye on business as he took yesterday off and basked in glorious Adare sunshine for the opening day of the Irish Open.

DONNCHA O’Callaghan tried not to be negative but he was clearly unhappy with many aspects of Munster’s performance, and feels can they can play an “awful lot better”.

KEEN rivals in their days at Crescent Comprehensive and PBC, David Wallace and new Irish captain Ronan O’Gara have since become teammates and buddies, having enjoyed many great days together with Munster and Ireland.

THE Irish U19's begin their preparations for the World Cup in South Africa against Wales at Musgrave Park tonight, (7.30pm).