Post-primary GAA previews

Corn Uí Mhuirí (Munster PPS U18½ AFC) semi-finals

St Brendan’s College v St Flannan’s College; Rathkeale, 1.30pm

The competition’s record winners with 20 titles, St Brendan’s were one of only two teams to win all of their group games, along with Pobalscoil Sliabh Luachra, who lost to Flannan’s in the quarter-finals. The Killarney outfit had nine different scorers in the win over holders Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne and five of those – Lee O’Donoghue, David Clifford, Michael Potts, Dara Moynihan and David Shaw – contributed more than a point. When Brendan’s met St Flannan’s in the group stage, they won 0-14 to 0-4, but that gave a false reading of the Ennis side’s capabilities. They drew with Coláiste na Sceilge and put six goals past Abbey CBS before putting a stop to Sliabh Luachra’s gallop. Darragh Duggan and Gavin Cooney were central to the scoring effort then with Maurice Nugent’s strong midfield play another important component of their play.