Heroic Rockwell defence sees them through

A DEFENSIVE performance of heroic proportions was key to Rockwell’s surprise victory over St Munchins in the semi-final of the Avonmore Milk Munster Schools Senior Cup at Clanwilliam Park, Tipperary, yesterday.

They will meet the winners of the other semi-final between CBC and PBC in the decider at Musgrave Park on March 15, quietly confident of a first title since 2001.

Munchins were warm favourites going into the game after an impressive win over CBC in Cork but having fallen 14 points down inside 23 minutes, they seemed to run out of ideas when it came to redressing the imbalance in spite of dominating territorially.