Christians squeeze into final
The defining moment in a fine contest came in the fifth minute when Ardscoil left wing Rob Whyte charged down an attempted clearance by Christians full-back Cillian Monaghan, tapped the ball over the line and dived on it for a try. But referee Dave O’Flynn ruled Whyte knocked on in the act of touching down and awarded a scrum to the defence.
Christians, after settling, deservedly took the lead with a smashing try in the 17th minute. Right wing Adam McCarthy began a sweeping attack, in which replacement out-half Thomas Quinlan, centre Jack Whooley and forwards Darragh Moloney and Pat Leahy played prominent parts before left wing Chris McAuliffe finished the move off. Scrum-half Ryan Foley landed the conversion for a 7-0 lead.
