Garbally College, Ballinasloe 10 Sligo Grammar 10

CENTRE Rory O’Loughlin and replacement wing David Busby finished off well-worked moves for the Ireland Schools to outgun the Ireland Clubs in this Age-Grade International at Merrion Road yesterday.

THERE was a larger than usual attendance for the early morning start of the AVIVA Irish Schools Track and Field Championships at Tullamore on Saturday when star racewalker, Kate Veale (St. Augustine’s, Dungarvan), made her first appearance on home soil since winning the bronze medal in the junior walk at the European Cup in the Algarve.

Ahead of tonight’s Munster Rugby Awards, we profile David O’Callaghan and Cathal Sheridan, two of the young stars in contention for the Academy Player of the Year accolade

AN INSPIRED performance by Colm Egan, brother of Westlife’s Cian, was not enough for Sligo Grammar at the Sportsgrounds yesterday.

SIXTEEN Irish schools will take part in a rugby tournament in Gloucester that the organisers hope will become a truly international event.

The final of the Statoil Connacht Schools Senior Cup takes place tomorrow (March 12) at Corinthian Park (4pm) when Garbally College, Ballinasloe, take on Sligo Grammar School.