Gash strikes to win cup for Quins

Cork Harlequins 4 Cork Church of Ireland 3

The win, in a splendidly contested decider against great rivals Cork Church of Ireland, marked a hat-trick of Cup successes but, more importantly, Quins had put one over on the newly crowned national club championship winners.

The game was special in that it pitted the club champions of last season against the 2003 winners and no fewer than eight current internationals paraded their skills in an absorbing tie.