Bandon Grammar School produced a sensational comeback to win a pulsating Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Senior Cup tie at Bandon RFC.

THE neighbourhood of Springfield just outside Clonlara village in south east Clare is in the forefront of the battle against the raging lower Shannon.

Munster Schools Junior Cup: Castletroy 26 St Munchins 21

Munster Senior Cup: Crescent 10 CBC 0

From the day they ran up 39 points without reply in the first round against CBC, there was little doubt that the 2014 Munster Schools Senior Cup trophy would find a familiar home at Crescent Comprehensive College in Dooradoyle.

Health and safety was the primary reason behind the postponement of three Munster Schools Senior Cup quarter-finals fixed for yesterday and today.

Munster 12 Leinster 34

FORMER schools stars Conor Murray, Mike Sherry and Tommy O’Donnell were amongst those in attendance at the launch of theAvonmore Munster Schools Senior and Junior Cup competitions at the University of Limerick yesterday.

HAVING bridged a 19 year gap last season, Crescent College are favourites to make it two-in-a-row when they meet Limerick neighbours Ard Scoil Rís in this afternoon’s (3pm) Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Junior Cup final at Tom Clifford Park.

HOLDERS Crescent College Comprehensive start strong favourites to reach another Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Junior Cup final when they take on Glenstal Abbey at Clanwilliam Park, Tipperary this afternoon (3pm).

WHEN a wolf tried to go munchin’ on a chicken yesterday he got much more than he bargained for.

PRESENTATION Brothers College go in search of their 27th Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Junior Cup at Thomond Park today (3pm) when they take on St Munchin’s College in the 76th final.

A DEFENSIVE performance of heroic proportions was key to Rockwell’s surprise victory over St Munchins in the semi-final of the Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Senior Cup at Clanwilliam Park, Tipperary, yesterday.

Munster 8 Connacht 11

Munster have given first-time full contracts to Welsh international Chris Wyatt, Australian Tim McGann, former Leinsterman Eoghan Hickey, Denis Fogarty, Ian Dowling, Jeremy Manning and Barry Murphy in the official announcement of their Senior Squad for the season 2006/2007.

Crescent College 11 Árd Scoil Rís 10

Munster 16 Australia 24

Ulster Schools 10 Munster Schools 0

ONLY once since they were first successful back in 1918 have Presentation Brothers, Cork, gone eight years without capturing the Coca Cola Munster Schools Senior Cup.

The Irish Schools Selectors have selected the following teams to play against Ireland U19 XV and Irish Youth XV on Monday, December 29 at Terenure RFC.

Munster 19 Ulster 13

THOSE people who feared that there may be a shortage of emerging talent in Munster can rest easy, as the province’s young guns completed the Grand Slam in the U21 championship at the weekend.

THEY produced a new video this week, ‘The Miracle Match’ – the full, graphic story of Munster’s amazing Heineken Cup win over Gloucester at Thomond Park in January.

HOLDERS St Munchins have suffered a severe blow in the build-up to tomorrow’s Munster Schools Senior Cup semi-final against Christian Brothers College at Musgrave Park with news that out-half and captain Wayne Murphy is unlikely to play.

IRISH centre Ron Henderson has been told by his club Wasps that he will not be released for Ireland’s proposed two match tour of South Africa next week because they feel it would be foolish to allow the 28-year-old to travel with a shoulder injury.