This means everything, says magnificent McCarthy

A TEAM rarely captures the Munster Schools Senior Cup without at least one outstanding talent in its ranks, a young man who can turn a game with just one piece of magic.

It happened once again in yesterday’s highly entertaining final at Garryowen RFC ground at Dooradoyle.

The game was 20 minutes old and the wind assisted Castletroy were leading by a Daragh Frawley penalty goal. Christians threw into a line-out on their own 10 metre line but Castletroy skipper Paul Dooley and Frawley pinched the ball and scrum-half Peter Murray set his backs in motion. There didn’t seem to be a whole lot of danger when Diarmuid McCarthy, the livewire Castletroy centre, gained possession 40m out but he saw a gap through which he jinked one way, then another, before using his scorching pace to beat the cover and touch down at the posts.