Rockwell College sent out a message to the rest of the province with an emphatic win over St Munchin’s in the Clayton Hotels Munster Schools Senior Cup first round.

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Never in the history of Irish schools rugby has there been such a scene as witnessed in Musgrave Park yesterday when the Clayton Hotels Munster Junior Cup tie between Presentation Brothers College Cork and St Munchin’s College was hit by three serious injuries and ultimately abandoned after just nine minutes of play.

Rockwell College 22 St Munchin’s College 10: A first-half hat-trick of tries from Nicholas Kennedy laid the base for Rockwell’s Junior Cup team to run out dominant winners at the end of this first round clash in Clanwilliam.