THE battle for glory in the Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup cranks up again today, with three quarter-finals down for decision, the fourth going ahead tomorrow.

CRESCENT Comprehensive got their Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Senior Cup campaign off to the perfect start with a deserving 6-3 victory over CBC Cork at Dooradoyle that sent the reigning champions away on the scenic route for the second successive year.

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS College produced a masterful display to claim a record 28th Munster Schools Senior Cup title in yesterday’s centenary showpiece at Musgrave Park.

ONE hundred years after lifting the inaugural Munster Schools Senior Cup, Christian Brothers College, Cork could bring perfect symmetry to the record books if they prevail in tomorrow’s final, sponsored by Avonmore Milk, at Musgrave Park (3pm).

THE Avonmore Milk Munster Schools’ Senior Cup is down to the last four with a mouth-watering semi-final between CBC and PBC at Musgrave Park today (3pm).

CLEARLY learning from defeat in their first outing against St Munchin’s, CBC made no mistake when given a second opportunity to revive their challenge for the Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Senior Cup at Dooradoyle yesterday.

GLENSTAL ABBEY bid to build on the promise of their maiden Limerick City Cup win when they meet Crescent College Comprehensive in the Avonmore Milk Munster Senior Schools Cup quarter-final at Clanwilliam today.

IRELAND will get one last shot at redemption when they take on Italy in the final outing of the U18 Six Nations Festival at Cork Institute of Technology today (2.30pm).

Ireland U-18 Schools coach Peter Melia has made sweeping changes to his team ahead of their final outing against Italy tomorrow in the U-18 Six Nations Festival.

Scotland 25 Ireland 11

Michael Kelliher and David McSharry will form a new centre partnership for the Ireland U18 Schools team that takes on Scotland tomorrow and are two of six changes, two of which are in personnel, to the side that lost to Wales in their opening game of the U18 Six Nations Festival.

Ireland U-18 6 Wales U-18 25

PBC CORK’s Brian O’Hara has the honour of leading Ireland out before his hometown crowd for their opening game of the U18 Six Nations festival tonight (Musgrave Park, 7.30pm).

The Ireland school selectors have named their 26-man squad for the forthcoming Six Nations U-18 Festival that will be held for the first time in Cork over the Easter period.

CBC CORK booked their place in the Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup final with a hard-fought victory over gutsy Glenstal at Clanwilliam yesterday.

AFTER the shock exit of holders PBC, Christian Brothers College find themselves as hot favourites to add another Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup title to an impressive haul of trophies won over the decades.

WARM favourites Christian Brothers College Cork advanced to the semi-finals of the Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup at a windswept and wet Mardyke yesterday, but only after they overcame a strenuous and brave challenge from battling Ard Scoil Rís.

A CONTROVERSIAL France try, seven minutes from time, denied Ireland a famous victory in an entertaining schoolboy Under-18 international at Temple Hill last night.

NINE Munster representatives start for the Ireland Schools Under-18 side in tonight’s tasty friendly against their French counterparts at Temple Hill (7pm).

Ireland U18 12 England U18 23, Burnbrae RFC, Glasgow

The Ireland Schools selectors have named a 26-strong squad to take on Japan U19s this weekend and also to represent Ireland at the 6 Nations U18 tournament to take place in Glasgow from April 8 to 14.

PBC head coach Don Buckley, along with his coaching ticket of Paul Barr (formerly of St Michael’s) and Highfield’s Steve Forde, have now led Pres to Senior Cup success in two of the last three deciders.

A RIVALRY that borders on legend should see an expected 8,000 crowd descend on Musgrave Park today for the meeting of age-old Cork schools Christian Brothers College and Presentation Brothers College in the Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup final (kick off 3pm).

The Ireland Schools team to play England schools tomorrow in the opening game of the U18 4 Nations Schools tournament shows two personnel and three positional changes to the side that played against France last weekend in a friendly.

Ireland Schools 9 French Schools 3

Leinster 35 Munster 12

The Irish Schoolboys will be looking to continue their unbeaten run in their Australian tour when they take on a strong Australian 'A' side in Sydney tomorrow afternoon.

reland Schools 30 Queensland Schools A 19

Munster 19 Ulster 13