Rockwell cruise into semi-finals

Rockwell 34 St Clement’s 6

The Tipperary side now go through to meet the winners of today’s final quarter-final clash involving Árd Scoil Rís and Crescent quietly fancying their chances of winning the title for the 20th time and their first since 1997. They have a useful pack in which Daire Corcoran and Paddy Hayes looked especially useful, but it is behind the scrum that they showed a lot of potential, with Marcus O’Driscoll in the centre, Jonathan Corcoran on the right wing and full-back Daniel Lyons particularly impressive.

They had first use of the wind and were a little slow in making it pay in spite of their territorial domination. It took them 20 minutes to make the breakthrough when O’Driscoll touched down following a great run by Lyons. Lyons made it 10-0 on 27 minutes and right on half-time, Corcoran broke from a set piece and sent Hayes in for try number three which out-half and captain Conor Quinlan converted.