Cork C of I 3 UCC 3 (C of I win 5-4 on penalties after aet)

They say you don’t win trophies at Christmas but you do in Munster hockey — and Cork C of I will be hoping a third straight Peard Cup success is the start of bigger and better things to come for them.

A LATE flash of genius from Leinster out-half Alex O’Driscoll lit up an attritional A Schools interprovincial encounter in Midleton yesterday.