HAVING won last season’s delayed Charity Cup final three weeks ago at Temple Hill, Cork Constitution took this season’s decider with a deserved victory at Musgrave Park.

IF possession and field position counted for everything, St Mary’s College would today be still celebrating their second AIB All-Ireland League title.

CORK CONSTITUTION coach Brian Walsh insists his side have plenty to work on, despite regaining their top dog status in the AIB League with a 20-18 Division 1A win over Clontarf.

SHANNON’S season took a further dip at Temple Hill on Saturday when old rivals Cork Constitution had an easier passage than expected to the AIB Cup quarter-finals.

BOTH Blackrock College and St. Mary’s maintained their strong challenge for AIB League honours when accounting for Munster opposition at the weekend.

MOST of the drama was crammed into the final few minutes of this AIB League 1A derby at Musgrave Park on Saturday.

LEST Cork Constitution fans be tempted to underestimate the Ballynahinch challenge in the AIB Cup final at Dubarry Park tomorrow (3pm), they should pay attention to how the Ulster side arrived into the decider.

CORK CONSTITUTION and Old Crescent demonstrated at Clifford Park yesterday that the ODM Munster Senior Cup is still very much alive.

THESE two great rivals have a habit of producing the unexpected.

A COUPLE of converted tries in the dying minutes enabled Cork Constitution to come from 19-11 behind with time running out to overtake UL Bohs in an exciting AIB League clash at Annacotty yesterday.

Cork Constitution 16 Young Munster 21

Cork Constitution 43 Terenure College 19

JEREMY MANNING’S late penalty helped Cork Constitution record their fifth consecutive win in Division One of the AIB League after an 18-16 victory away to Ballymena.

CORK CONSTITUTION remain on course for a top two finish in the AIB League Division One following this resounding five-try, bonus-point victory over Dungannon at Temple Hill.

Cork Constitution 40 Dungannon 12

UCD coach Killian Keane conceded AIB League defeat to Constitution long before the finish of this tie at Temple Hill on Saturday, and then boldly predicted that the Cork side would win the title.

CORK CONSTITUTION’S director of rugby, Paul Derham, makes no apologies for his club’s insistence in successfully seeking a postponement of the ODM Munster Cup semi-final against Shannon.

Cork Con 15 Garryowen 16

BY their own admission, Cork Constitution got out of jail and sneaked through to the AIB League final against old rivals Garryowen at Musgrave Park next Saturday.

CORK CONSTITUTION are in an unassailable position at the top of the AIB League following a sensational, record-breaking victory over Terenure.

Cork Constitution 28 Lansdowne 20

TWO of the country’s oldest and greatest clubs, Garryowen and Cork Constitution, clash once again this afternoon in the final of the ODM Munster Senior Cup at Thomond Park.

HARDLY the scoreline you would expect from two of the AIL’s Division One high-flyers, but there were extenuating circumstances in this top-four clash on Saturday afternoon last on the back pitch at Thomond Park.

A WIN is a win, even if the performance leaves a lot to be desired — that was the attitude of Cork Con manager Brian Walsh after this opening-round AIL Division 1 game at Temple Hill on Saturday.

Cork Constitution 33 Dublin University 21

Cork Constitution 37 St. Mary’s College 12

Belfast Harlequins 22 Cork Constitution 53

Belfast Harlequins 22 Cork Constitution 53

Buccaneers 13 Cork Constitution 20

Cork Constitution 25 UCD 0

Cork Constitution 41 Belfast Harlequins 13

Ballymena 12 Cork Constitution 22, Eaton Park

Euskarians (Basque) Development 26 Munster Development 42

UNIVERSITY College Cork continued their challenge for promotion to the AIB League Division One with a fine win over Young Munster at Clifford Park.

THE future of Munster’s elite rugby players has been entrusted to New Zealander Hamish Adams.

Ireland 4 England 6

AS the Irish Under 21s headed home after their World Cup heroics, battered and bruised but with silver medals in the bag, Scotland were in the midst of turmoil.

The Ireland Under 21 management have named an unchanged side to play New Zealand in the final of the IRB Under 21 World Cup in Hughendeen Road, Glasgow on Sunday.

The Ireland Under 21 management have named an unchanged side to take on Australia Under 21 in the semi final tomorrow evening (kick-off 7.30pm).

For the third consecutive game, the Ireland Under 21 management have named an unchanged starting team to take on France in their final Pool B game in the Under 21 World Cup following wins over Tonga (43-5) and Argentina (26-22).

Ireland 43 Tonga 5

The Ireland Under 21 team to play Tonga Under 21 in the first game of the Under 21 World Cup in Scotland has been named.

The Ireland under-21 squad to take part in the IRB Under 21 World Cup in Scotland has been announced.