Wade earns Clongowes deserved replay

ONE SWING of Ciaran Wade’s right boot, in the last action of a frantic match at Donnybrook, sent this Powerade Leinster Schools Senior Cup quarter-final to a replay.

It was the very least Clongowes deserved for their territorial domination and Wade calmly struck a 40 metre penalty four minutes into injury-time when their powerful maul drew a Rock defender in from the side.

Although Clongowes controlled the tempo of the game, Blackrock’s cutting edge behind their retreating forwards threatened to unhinge them — as occurred when left wing Alan Phlipott knocked on with the line at his mercy in the 17th minute. That was prompted by Lorcan O’Daly’s outside break.