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    

St Joseph’s College, Galway 2 Aloysius College, Athlone 1: St Joseph’s survived a second-half comeback from Aloysius College to secure the Connacht Schools "A" Cup in Eamonn Deacy Park yesterday.

The Leinster Schools (U18) team to play Connacht Schools this Wednesday, October 11 in Donnybrook (kick off 2.30 pm) has been named.

The following is the Connacht Schools team to play the Leinster Schools in Dubarry on Wednesday (2.0):