Navan O’Mahonys 1-11 Wolfe Tones 0-07

St Munchin’s College celebrated a thoroughly deserved Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Senior Cup semi-final victory over Presentation Brothers College Cork with gusto at Temple Hill yesterday to clinch a place in the March 19 decider against Rockwell College.

Presentation Brothers College, Cork may have home advantage in today’s Avonmore Munster Schools’ Senior Cup semi-final against St Munchin’s College at Temple Hill (3pm), but they have learned enough over two previous traumatic encounters with Glenstal Abbey to make them feel it could be another hard day at the office.

AFTER an amazing Avonmore Milk Munster Schools’ Senior Cup tie at Cork Institute of Technology yesterday, both sides must battle again for the right to meet either St Munchin’s or Ardscoil Ris in the semi-final.

The knockout stages of the Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup arrive with four attractive quarter-final matches over the next two days.

Some rugby diehards have expressed concerns about the quality of back play in Munster schools rugby over the years.

Crescent College Comprehensive hope their recent junior success can translate into rewards at senior level when they face PBC Cork in today’s Avonmore Milk Munster Senior Schools Cup quarter-final at Musgrave Park (3pm).

THIS was a contest to forget at Donoughmore on Saturday, Blarney and Mallow failing to ignite.

GREATNESS can often be spotted in young players by their willingness to back themselves — and by that criteria, Brian Haugh is destined for a very bright future.

DIFFERENT motivations but the same end goal sums up today’s Avonmore Milk Munster Senior Schools Cup clash between PBC Cork and Rockwell College at Musgrave Park (3pm).

ROCKWELL survived a fierce CBC onslaught in the final five minutes of a pulsating Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Senior Cup semi-final at Clanwilliam Park, Tipperary, on Saturday to qualify for their third successive final.

ROCKWELL COLLEGE bid to reach a third successive Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup final when they face Christian Brothers College Cork in Clanwilliam today (3pm).

PBC CORK served notice that they have no intention of relinquishing their Avonmore Milk Munster Senior Schools Cup title without a fight after disposing of St Munchin’s at Woodleigh Park yesterday.

CBC CORK coach Peter Melia had warned his side that Glenstal can’t be taken lightly anymore, and he was emphatically proved right as the Murroe school pushed his troops all the way in this Avonmore Milk Munster Senior Schools Cup quarter-final at Temple Hill yesterday.

LAST March when Limerick IT and NUI Galway met in the Fitzgibbon Cup semi-final in Dangan, they conjured up a spellbinding clash that yielded 49 scores over 80 minutes of pulsating action.

Kilkenny 3-16 NUI Galway 2-12

ALL known logic was almost defied as the Ireland Schools came within eight minutes of trumping all-powerful England in an adrenaline-fuelled FIRA U18 European Championship qualifier at Donnybrook yesterday.

LEINSTER’S U18 schools side left Cork with a victory over Munster to their names last night, just as their predecessors did 111 years ago.

PBC CORK coach Peter Scott admitted he has plenty of food for thought ahead of his side’s Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Senior Cup semi-final clash with St Munchin’s, after seeing his side rigorously tested by a game Bandon Grammar outfit at Temple Hill yesterday.

A SUPERB drop goal by centre Peter Murray three and a half minutes into added time earned Castletroy College victory over champions CBC at Greenfields yesterday and an opportunity to reclaim the Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup they last won in 2008.

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.

FAVOURITES Presentation Brothers College overcame the dogged resistance of Ard Scoil Rís to confidently move into the quarter finals of the Avonmore Munster Schools Senior Cup at Rosbrien yesterday.

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.

LATE drama was once again the order of the day as Presentation Brothers College edged a gripping Avonmore Milk Muster Junior Schools Cup semi-final replay at Cork IT yesterday.

A draw was enough to ensure NUI Galway secured a home quarter-final spot against UCC next week, after today's Ulster Bank Fitzgibbon Cup clash at Drumcondra.

GALWAY manager Vincent Mullen called for an open draw to the U21 hurling championship following his side’s four-point defeat at the hands of Kilkenny in a keenly-contested semi-final at Thurles on Saturday.

A crowd of 10,127 watched at Croke Park tonight as Munster secured the 2007 M Donnelly Interprovincial hurling championship following impressive performances from both the winning and losing teams.

Connacht 1-28 Ulster 4-13

Galway 5-11 Dublin 0-12, Croke Park

Galway 4-21 Cork 2-18, Semple Stadium

Limerick IT 2-15 NUI Galway 0-13

Galway 2-12 Kilkenny 1-24

Galway retained their All-Ireland minor title – the county’s seventh in all – with a well-judged 3-13 to 0-17 final triumph over Limerick in today's Croke Park curtain-raiser.

Holders Galway and beaten Munster finalists Limerick are locked level at half-time in this afternoon's ESB All-Ireland minor hurling final at Croke Park.

While their seniors will be up against it to claim the Liam McCarthy Cup later this afternoon, Galway's minor hurlers looked primed for success in their All-Ireland final joust with Limerick (Croke Park, throw-in 1.30pm).

Galway 4-13 Cork 1-9