Thurles girls end 20-year drought to win Munster Cup

Ursuline Convent Thurles ended a 20-year wait for Munster Senior Schoolgirls Cup success with a 2-1 win over Crescent College Comprehensive in Loreto Fermoy yesterday.

Crescent, who were gunning for a fifth straight success and a remarkable 10th in 12 years, were unable to get their high-tempo passing game going, as Thurles’s huge work-rate and physicality denied their twin centre midfielders time and space.

Coaches Sandra Rossiter and Eimear Cregan also nailed their offensive tactics, using their taliswoman Caoimhe Perdue to play direct and early to their pacy forwards, exploiting Crescent’s lack of a sweeper.